Spence v. Stockdale Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, April T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co.,. Aug. T., 1912, No. 141, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edward U. Spence v. Stockdale Borough. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by a fall on a defective sidewalk. Before Taylor, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for six and one-quarter cents. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 120, April T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co.,. Aug. T., 1912, No. 141, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edward U. Spence v. Stockdale Borough. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by a fall on a defective sidewalk. Before Taylor, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for six and one-quarter cents. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned amongst others was in refusing new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
As we view this case it is not necessary to recite the evidence in detail. Whether the defendant was negligent, and whether its negligence was the sole, efficient, and proximate cause of the personal injuries received by the plaintiff, or his concurring negligence contributed *623thereto, were questions which, under the evidence, the court was bound to submit and did submit to the jury with appropriate instructions to render a verdict for the plaintiff or the defendant in accordance with their determination of them. The defendant did not except to the submission of them or…
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