Fow v. Adams Express Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, Oct. T, 1917, by defendant, from judgment of Municipal Court, Philadelphia Co., July T., 1916, No. 354, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Clarence B. Fow v. Adams Express Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to an automobile. Before Knowles, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for $95.30. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in overruling motion for judgment n. o. y.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The accident in this case occurred at the crossing of 12th and Arch streets, Philadelphia, when the plaintiff’s Ford automobile collided with a truck of the defendant company. The plaintiff was proceeding west on Arch street at a speed of about six miles an hour. The defendant’s truck was coming down Twelfth street at a much greater speed, several witnesses stating it to be twenty miles an hour. The testimony was conflicting and the disputed facts were fairly left to the jury by the trial judge to determine the cause of the collision, saying, “It was the duty of the…
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