Donaldson v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

Lola Gorgas Donaldson, executrix of the estate of Charles A. Gorgas, deceased, instituted this action in trespass against the Pittsburgh Railways Company, appellant, under the Survival Act of 1937, P. L. 2755, 20 PS 772, and under the Act of 1851, P. L. 669, Section 19, 12 PS 1601, and Act of 1855, P. L. 309, 12 PS 1602, as amended. The action arose out of a collision between appellant’s trolley and the automobile driven by decedent, at the intersection of Bennett and Oak-wood Streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After appellee presented its case, a voluntary…