Reese v. France
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 367, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna L. Reese v. A. Warren France. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 120, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 367, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna L. Reese v. A. Warren France. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Martin, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff who was a woman, fifty-eight years old, was struck and run over'by an automobile owned and operated by the defendant on June 27, 1912, at or near the intersection of State Road and Knorr street in the City of Philadelphia. John Crotts, a witness for plaintiff, who was a bystander and a witness…
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Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The defendant admitted that he could stop his automobile within ten feet while running at,top speed, yet, the undisputed facts are.that in clear daylight, and with nothing to obstruct his view, he struck an elderly woman while she was in the middle of a prominent highway, carried her body for forty feet, ran over her, and then proceeded twenty-five feet further before stopping his car.
The plaintiff’s testimony fairly relieves her of any charge of contributory negligence, and if that question is at all raised by the defendant’s testimony, it was fully and carefully…
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