Charlton Bros. Transportation Co. v. Garrettson

On the afternoon of May 28, 1945, about five or six o’clock, a street car passenger was injured by a collision, at the intersection of Paca and Greene Streets, between a new green one-man No. 17 street car, running west (more nearly southwest) on Paca Street and a 48 foot tractor-trailer going south (i. e., southeast) on Greene Street. Plaintiff sued the Transit Company and Charlton, owner of the tractor-trailer, and obtained judgment against both. Both have appealed. Such crossing collisions seldom, if ever, are pure accidents; it is not claimed that this one was. Each defendant contends…