Johnson v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 137, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 458, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Emma Johnson v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McMichael, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are set forth in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $942.97. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 137, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 458, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Emma Johnson v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McMichael, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are set forth in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $942.97. Defendant appealed. Error assigned amongst others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff was sitting on a chair off a twelve feet wide pavement, by a bulk window in front of a shop at the corner of Meredith and Twenty-third streets in Philadelphia, when an accident happened to her on September 17, 1912, about eight o’clock, p. m. and it is conceded that she was not guilty of any contributory negligence. The defendant’s street car was going south on Twenty-third street on a down grade and as it came opposite to Meredith street, which intersects Twenty-third street at right angles, it violently collided with a horse and wagon which at that instant…
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