Legal Opinion

Kerr v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 11, 1958No. Appeal, No. 230PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This is an appeal by the defendant transportation company from the refusal of its motion for judgment n.o.v. in a trespass action.

We are obliged to consider the testimony, together with all reasonable inferences therefrom, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff: Stewart v. Pittsburgh Railways Co., 379 Pa. 260, 108 A. 2d 767. Accordingly, the facts may be stated as follows: On May 25, 1950 plaintiff was a passenger on a P.T.C. bus eastbound on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, and injured her right ankle in alighting at 23rd Street at about 5:3Q p.m. At that time she…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stevens v. Reading Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Low v. Harrisburg Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. MacDonald v. Philadelphia Rural Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Stewart v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Nelson v. FacciolaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Jaxon v. City of DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 1966
  3. Flank v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  4. Theriot v. Philadelphia Transportation Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1963

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