Bowman v. Woolworth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. Term, 1905, No. 4,171, on verdict for plaintiff in case of J. Joseph Bowman v. P. W. Woolworth & Co., a corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff for $8,500. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The facts in this case are not in dispute. When the plaintiff rested on the trial below the defendant asked that a verdict be directed in its favor. This was refused. The case then went to the jury without any evidence on the part of the defendant, and the verdict was for the plaintiff. The first contention of the appellant is that, on appellee’s own testimony, taken in connection with that of Albert Harwich, the only other witness who testified as to the accident, a recovery ought not to be permitted.
At the time the appellee was injured he was in the employ of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Welch v. Carlucci Stone Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
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