Park v. Beaver Valley Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 47, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Beaver Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 285, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John H. Park v. Beaver Valley Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a collision between plaintiff’s wagon and a car of the defendant. Before Prather, P. J., specially presiding. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 47, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Beaver Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 285, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John H. Park v. Beaver Valley Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a collision between plaintiff’s wagon and a car of the defendant. Before Prather, P. J., specially presiding. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $10,500 on which judgment was entered for $6,500, all above that amount having been remitted. Errors assigned were (1) that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Plaintiff was driving a two-horse wagon down an incline leading from an overhead bridge which crosses the tracks of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway in the Borough of Freedom, Beaver County. His contention is that he left the team standing parallel with and clear of the tracks of defendant’s railway, which occupied the incline and the bridge, and walked back a short distance to procure articles to be placed on his wagon; that while absent “the horses had worked themselves over until the right front wheel was over the street car track”; that he had…
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