Coleman v. Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler & New Castle Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 60, Oct, T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1913, No. 1720, for defendant n. o. y., in case of Mary A. 'Coleman v. Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler & New Castle Street Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Shafer, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,520.00. The court subsequently entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 60, Oct, T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1913, No. 1720, for defendant n. o. y., in case of Mary A. 'Coleman v. Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler & New Castle Street Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Shafer, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,520.00. The court subsequently entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The machinery of the automobile in which the plaintiff below was riding got out of order, and it stopped about midnight on one of the tracks of the defendant company. The night was foggy and very dark. After nearly an hour’s effort to push the automobile off the track, the chauffeur, remembering that a car of the defendant company was about due, went back along the track for some distance for the purpose of stopping it; but, after making all proper efforts to do so, failed. During this time the appellant first got out of the automobile and then went back into it. She admitted that…
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