Lessig v. Reading Transit & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 410, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Aug. T., 1919, No. 127, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Irvin F. Lessig v. Reading Transit & Light'’Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Endlich, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $4,412.50. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was refusal of defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This suit is for damages sustained in a collision between a trolley car and an automobile. Defendant has a single track electric railway,, extending from Penn Square southerly along the center of Fifth Street in the city of Reading, and crossing Cherry Street at right angles; the latter being a narrow street, about one hundred and fifty feet south of Penn Square, and not a stopping place for trolley cars. The grade descends to the south and there is a cartway twenty feet wide on each side of the track. On the evening of February 16, 1916, plaintiff drove his Ford…
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. StricklerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
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- Bernstein v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Keenan v. Union Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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