Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Balis

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 4, 1955No. Appeal, 316PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

On his way home from his day’s work, James J. Campbell, school janitor, alighted from a street car at the northeast corner of Midvale Avenue and Henry Avenue in Philadelphia and waited to cross Midvale *246Avenue in order to board at the southwest corner of the intersection a bus which would take him to his home in Boxborough. Midvale Avenue runs east and west and measures 40 feet from curb to curb, with 20 foot sidewalks. It accommodates double car tracks, separated by an empty space known as the “dummy” 4y2 feet wide. Henry Avenue runs north and south with a width…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Newman v. Protective Motor Service Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Lorah v. RinehartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  3. Harris v. Commercial Ice Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  4. MacKin v. Patterson, AppellantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Flowers v. GreenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  2. Taylor v. MountzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Smith v. PittmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Poulos v. CassaraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  5. Campbell v. BalisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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