MacKin v. Patterson, Appellant
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 5538, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Mackin v. Harry T. Patterson. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Rogers, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $12,000. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 48, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 5538, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Mackin v. Harry T. Patterson. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Rogers, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $12,000. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, inter alia, were (2) refusal of defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v., quoting record, and (5) remark of trial judge, quoted in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This suit grows out of a crossing accident. Master Street, Philadelphia, extends east and west from Broad Street, crossing it at right angles. In the center of the latter, and in line with the south walk of the former, is a raised mound called a “safety-zone”; between it and the east curb of Broad Street is a paved cartway, for northbound traffic, of the width of twenty-six feet. On April 30, 1919, plaintiff, a woman sixty years of age, walked west on the south side of Master Street until she reached the east curb on Broad Street, where she looked south and saw…
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