Jones v. United Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 115, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1900, No. 712, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Ruth E. Jones (Minor), by her Father and Next Friend, Edward Jones v. United Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a child two years old. Before McCltjng-, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 115, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1900, No. 712, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Ruth E. Jones (Minor), by her Father and Next Friend, Edward Jones v. United Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a child two years old. Before McCltjng-, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,500, upon which judgment was entered for $3,000, all in excess having been remitted. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice Bbown,
On September 9, 1899, when Ruth E. Jones was injured, she was not quite two years old. No negligence can be imputed to her, and that charged against the defendant company is that the motorman when he saw the child, or ought to have seen her on the track in front of him or approaching it from the west-bound track did not stop or get his car under control so as to avoid the collision. The accident occurred on Penn avenue, the principal thoroughfare in the borough of Turtle Creek. At the point of collision there were two tracks of the United Traction Company, and the…
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