Harkin v. Toy & Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 31 and 32, Jan. T., 1924, by the Rapid Transit Co., defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 3, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1921, No. 1450, on verdicts for plaintiffs, in case of William Harkin, by Ms father and next friend, Matthew A. Harkin, and Matthew A. Harkin in his own right, v. Edward J. Toy and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before McMichael, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff, Wm.
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Appeals, Nos. 31 and 32, Jan. T., 1924, by the Rapid Transit Co., defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 3, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1921, No. 1450, on verdicts for plaintiffs, in case of William Harkin, by Ms father and next friend, Matthew A. Harkin, and Matthew A. Harkin in his own right, v. Edward J. Toy and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before McMichael, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff, Wm. Harkin, for $9,000 on which judgment was entered. Verdict for plaintiff, Matthew A. Harkin, for $2,000 on which…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mk. Justice Simpson,
In this action, a minor of the age of four years, by his father and next friend, and the father in his own right, sued Edward J. Toy and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company jointly, claiming that because of their joint negligence the boy had sustained serious injuries. The case was tried twice; on each occasion plaintiffs recovered verdicts, and, from the judgments entered on the second thereof, only the company appeals.
The facts are in some respects unusual. The boy, having fallen in the street, because of being struck or pushed by an automobile of the…
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