Kensington Carpet Co. v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

The only assignment of error is to the refusal of judgment n. o. v. Two collisions occurred close together. The damage compensated by the verdict resulted from the second collision. Plaintiff’s truck, in the car tracks in 6th Street, followed a short distance behind a street car approaching Westmoreland Street. The truck driver’s attention being attracted by a boy jumping on the back of the truck, he did not observe until within eight or ten feet of it, that the street car preceding him, had stopped at Westmoreland Street; he then put on brakes and, as he said, “collided…