Reid v. Reading Transit & Light Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Berks Co., June T., 1915, No. 70, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Albert F. Reid v. Reading Transit & Light Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to an automobile in a head-on collision. Before Endlich, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $127. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Berks Co., June T., 1915, No. 70, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Albert F. Reid v. Reading Transit & Light Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to an automobile in a head-on collision. Before Endlich, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $127. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.’,
The automobile of the plaintiff, operated by himself, and a car of the defendant company, moving in opposite directions, approached each other upon the same track, and a collision was the natural result. The front part of the automobile was considerably battered and broken as a consequence of the collision and for that the plaintiff seeks to recover damages in this action. He recovered a verdict and judgment in the court below, and from that judgment the defendant appeals. The defendant, at the trial, submitted a point praying for binding instructions, which the court…
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