Legal Opinion

Thornton Fuller Automobile Co. v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 5, 1928No. Appeal 75PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

The defendant appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict against it in an action of trespass for damages resulting to plaintiff’s motor bus from a collision between the latter and one of defendant’s trolley cars. Its only assignments of error assert that the trial judge erred in refusing its point for binding instructions, and the court in banc in dismissing its motion for judgment non obstante veredicto.’

Accepting as true, as we must in the circumstances, all of the evidence and inferences fairly dedueible therefrom, favorable to the plaintiff, the judgment should be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smathers v. Pittsburg & Butler Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  2. Burke v. Union Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  3. Timler v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  4. Patton v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  5. Woomer v. Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sklaroff v. Phila. R. T. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Phila. Dairy Prod. Co. v. Phila. Rapid Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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