Spratt v. Reymer & Bros.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 59, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., First Term, 1912, No. 150, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Martha J. Spratt v. Reymer & Bros., Incorporated. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Cohen, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 59, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., First Term, 1912, No. 150, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Martha J. Spratt v. Reymer & Bros., Incorporated. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Cohen, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Defendant presented, inter alia, the following points: 1. Under all the pleadings and the evidence, your verdict must be for the defendant. Answer: Refused. [1] 3. In walking along the sidewalk, the plaintiff was bound to exercise care, to look where…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The admirable frankness and candor of the witnesses, including the manager of the defendant, made easy for the jury the performance of their function in ascertaining the facts involved in this appeal. They may thus, be briefly stated: About one o’clock on the afternoon of an October day the plaintiff, an elderly lady, was pass-, ing along the sidewalk in front of the premises of the defendant on one of the most congested blocks of perhaps the busiest street in the city of. Pittsburg. In common with the hundreds of other pedestrians, she was carrying a hoisted umbrella to…
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