Wetherill v. Showell, Fryer & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 73, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 3790, on verdict for defendant in case of R. Wayne Wetherill and Mary R. Wetherill, his wife, v. Showell, Fryer & Co., Inc. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 73, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 3790, on verdict for defendant in case of R. Wayne Wetherill and Mary R. Wetherill, his wife, v. Showell, Fryer & Co., Inc. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Patterson, J. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for defendant saying, “I feel constrained to do so in view of the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Eastburn v. United States Express Co., 225 Pa. 33.” Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Plaintiffs, as the parents of Howard W. Wetherill, sued to recover damages for his death caused by his hav*451ing been rnn oyer by an automobile truck belonging to defendant. The allegations of negligence in the statement of claim are “the said automobile was being driven at a high and reckless rate of speed,......the said driver thereof failed to give due and sufficient notice of his approach......and was otherwise neglecting and disregarding the duty” he owed to the boy. The court below gave binding instructions for defendant, judgment was entered upon the verdict…
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