Deady Et Ux. v. P.R.T. Co.

Opinion by

Baldeige, J.,

On May 15, 1928, about two o’clock in the morning, the plaintiffs were passengers on a trolley car operated by the defendant company, which was proceeding westwardly on Woodland Avenue, in Philadelphia. At a point near Forty-second Street the car collided with a truck belonging to the city, which was coming in the opposite direction. As a result of this impact, the plaintiff, Marie Deady, was injured.

The driver testified that he was engaged in flushing the streets; that his truck weighed twenty-one tons, had six wheels with a tank painted yellow having a capacity of…