McClung v. Pennsylvania Taximeter Cab Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 396, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1912, No. 1601, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of William J. McClung v. Pennsylvania Taximeter Cab Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Barratt, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict for plaintiff for $8,482 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 396, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1912, No. 1601, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of William J. McClung v. Pennsylvania Taximeter Cab Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Barratt, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict for plaintiff for $8,482 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant, in refusing to enter judgment n. o. v., instructions to the jury and answers to points.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This case is the result of a collision of two automobiles, used as taxicabs. On November 30,1911, at about 2:30 o’clock a. m., defendant’s taxicab or car was being driven east on Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and collided with plaintiff’s taxicab while the latter was going north on 17th street. The streets cross at right angles, Chestnut street being sixty and 17th street fifty feet wide. The cartway of each is of the width of twenty-six feet, with a single track street railway in the center. The accident occurred north of the center of Chestnut street and east…
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