McAteer v. Highland Coffee Co.

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from the refusal to take off a compulsory nonsuit entered against the plaintiff, Mary B. McAteer, in an action of trespass brought by her to recover damages for the death of her husband, Charles Y. McAteer, caused by the alleged negligent operation of one of defendant’s automobiles.

McAteer was struck and killed by a truck belonging to defendant company, on the evening of October 9, 1924, at the intersection of Twenty-eighth Street and Liberty Avenue, in the City of Pittsburgh. Deceased, an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, came out of a gate leading…