Legal Opinion

Lang v. Hanlon, (No. 1)

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 7, 1931No. 1; Appeal, 182PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

On June 18, 1927, Elizabeth Lang, then about twenty years of age, was a guest in an automobile owned and driven by her father, one of the adult plaintiffs named herein. This car was in a funeral procession which was proceeding easterly on Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh. Freyvogel, an undertaker, one of the two defendants, was conducting the funeral procession. Cars in front of the Lang car came to a stop and Lang, after giving the proper signal to the cars in the rear, brought his car to a stop. It had been stopped about fifteen or twenty seconds when an automobile in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Lang v. HanlonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Puhlman v. Excelsior Express & Standard Cab Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  4. Scheel v. ShawSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  5. Funston v. IngenitoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. McConnell v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Mature v. AngeloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  3. Siidekum v. Animal Rescue League of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  4. Schwartz v. JaffeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Brower v. Employers' Liability Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935

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