Muhlhause v. Monongahela Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 77, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1900, No. 441, on judgment for plaintiff in case of Adam Muhlhause and Adam C. Muhlhause, by his father and next friend, Adam Muhlhause, v. The Monongahela Street Railway Company. Trepass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Collier, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,250. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 77, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1900, No. 441, on judgment for plaintiff in case of Adam Muhlhause and Adam C. Muhlhause, by his father and next friend, Adam Muhlhause, v. The Monongahela Street Railway Company. Trepass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Collier, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,250. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
Adam C. Muhlhause, the plaintiff, a boy of fourteen years of age, accompanied by his sister and her husband, boarded a car of the defendant corporation at Smithfield street and Fifth avenue, in Pittsburg, about eight o’clock on Sunday evening September 9,1900, with the intention of making a continuous trip to Kennywood Park and return. This park is a pleasure resort and about eleven miles from the heart of the city. On the day of this occurrence a concert was to take place at the park and it had been extensively advertised by the defendant corporation. A large…
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