Christian v. Commercial Ice Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 71, Nov. T., 1896, by defendant from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1893, No. 698, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries to plaintiff. Before Brégy, J. There was evidence tending to show that on the day of the accident plaintiff was standing on the southwest corner of 13th and Walnut streets with a very large umbrella over her head, that before attempting to cross the street she looked up and down the same.
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Appeal, No. 71, Nov. T., 1896, by defendant from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1893, No. 698, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries to plaintiff. Before Brégy, J. There was evidence tending to show that on the day of the accident plaintiff was standing on the southwest corner of 13th and Walnut streets with a very large umbrella over her head, that before attempting to cross the street she looked up and down the same. The 13th street car at that moment coming north over the south foot-crossing waited for the passage of a 19th street car on Walnut, there…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
Mary B. Christian, aged over eighty years, was injured by a team of the defendant company, at the intersection of Thirteenth and Walnut streets in Philadelphia. The old lady was going east along the south side of Walnut street, and when at the west *323curb of Thirteenth street, stopped to allow a street car to pass north; immediately behind the car, on the tracks, a number of wagons were going in the same direction. Between the line of wagons and the eastern curb of Thirteenth street, in what is called a cart or wagon way, was the defendant’s wagon, going-north.
When the…
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