Turner v. Phila. Rapid Transit Co.

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Plaintiff appeals from judgment for defendant entered notwithstanding the verdict for plaintiff.

While walking across 29th Street on the north side of Thompson Street on a clear morning, plaintiff was struck by a south-bound street car. 29th Street has two sets of car tracks, one for north-bound, and the other for south-bound cars; the nearest rail of the north-bound track is 12 feet from the east curb of 29th Street; the distance from the western most rail to the western curb is also 12 feet; allowing for the two sets of tracks and the space between them makes the width of…