Berkebile v. Johnstown Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 30, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from final order of C. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1912, No. 429, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Ambrose Berkebile v. Johnstown Traction Company. Trespass to recover, damages for personal injuries. The opinion of tbe Supreme Court states tbe facts. Tbe trial judge entered a compulsory nonsuit, whichtbe court subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in refusing to take off tbe nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mesteezat,
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries which the plaintiff alleges he sustained while he was a passenger on one of the defendant company’s cars in the City of Johnstown. The court granted a nonsuit, and the plaintiff appealed.
The defendant company operates a trolley line on Bedford street, extending northwest and southeast through the City of Johnstown, which is intersected by Main street and by the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. It appears from the testimony that on the evening of June 5, 1911, the plaintiff got on the rear…
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