Herr v. City of Lebanon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 81, July T., 1891, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lebanon Co., on verdict for plaintiff, Joseph Herr and Clara, his wife, in right of said wife. Tresspass for personal injuries. The verdict was for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,950, subject to the opinion of the court upon the point reserved, viz.: Whether there was any evidence of negligence on the part of the city to go to the jury.
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Appeal, No. 81, July T., 1891, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lebanon Co., on verdict for plaintiff, Joseph Herr and Clara, his wife, in right of said wife. Tresspass for personal injuries. The verdict was for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,950, subject to the opinion of the court upon the point reserved, viz.: Whether there was any evidence of negligence on the part of the city to go to the jury. The two questions submitted to the jury and their answers thereto and the other facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Defendant’s points and the answers thereto were, inter alia :…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Williams,
The plaintiff was injured by an accident happening on one of the streets of the city of Lebanon. She seeks by this action to hold the city responsible for the consequences of the accident on the ground that the proximate cause of her injury was the negligence of the city. The circumstances are told by the driver of the omnibus in which she was a passenger, and whom she called as a witness for that purpose. He says that there were *225four adults besides himself in and upon the omnibus, five children and some household goods, including a sewing machine. It was drawn…
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