Mack v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1910, No. 514, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Viola Mack v. Pittsburgh Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Haymaker, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $6,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 3, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1910, No. 514, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Viola Mack v. Pittsburgh Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Haymaker, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $6,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant, in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v. and instructions to the jury relating to the measure of damages.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action of trespass by a street railway passenger to recover damages for injuries which she alleges she sustained “by reason of the negligent conduct of the railway company. The plaintiff, a young woman of twenty-two years of age, with .two companions, Miss Rippey and Mrs. Darling, entered by the rear door a closed car of the Pittsburgh Railways Company, the defendant, on Penn avenue at the corner of Lang avenue in the eastern part of the City of Pittsburgh, about four o’clock on the afternoon of April 30, 1910, and rode to the corner of Ninth street…
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