McGettigan v. Quaker City Automobile Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1907, No. 563, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Margaret McGettigan, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles McGettigan, deceased, and James McGettigan, father of said Charles McGettigan, v. Quaker City Automobile Company. Trespass to recover damages for the death of a boy eight years old. Before Magill, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 3, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1907, No. 563, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Margaret McGettigan, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles McGettigan, deceased, and James McGettigan, father of said Charles McGettigan, v. Quaker City Automobile Company. Trespass to recover damages for the death of a boy eight years old. Before Magill, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for Charles McGettigan’s ad-ministratrix for $1,000, and for James McGettigan for $313.50. Defendant appealed.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The accident out of which this action arose occurred between eleven and twelve o’clock in the forenoon on August 27,1907. Charles McGettigan, a son of the plaintiffs, aged about eight years, was standing on the sidewalk on the south side of Spring Garden street waiting for his brother who was driving up in a delivery wagon to meet him. Two street car tracks occupy the middle of the street leaving a driveway on each side about seventeen and one-half feet in width. An employee of the defendant, driving westwardly in an automobile on the north side of the street reached a…
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