Corbitt v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1906, No. 2,119, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of William D. Corbitt v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Wiltbank, J. The facts relating to the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order of the court refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
February 21,1910:
On the north side of the bridge on which the plaintiff was injured there was a plank sidewalk seven feet wide. The rest of the surface of the bridge was used as a roadway for wagons and there were two tracks of the defendant’s road on it. The southernmost track was at one point within four and a half feet of the rail of the bridge. In crossing the bridge going west, the plaintiff used the sidewalk. As he approached the bridge on returning he was on the foot pavement on the south side of the street. When he reached the bridge, he found that the pavement abruptly…
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