Legal Opinion

Bellettiere v. Philadelphia

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 27, 1951No. Appeals, 97, 99, 100 and 101PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

This is another in the ever lengthening line of cases in which we are asked to overrule the granting of a new trial.

In the evening of March 19, 1949 plaintiff Felix Bellettiere was operating his automobile northward on Fifth Street in Philadelphia; in the car with him weré his wife, her father and mother, her sister, her brother, and two children. He testified that when he came to the house line of Morris Street he looked to the left for a distance of 250 feet and saw no vehicle coming toward him; when he reached the center of the intersection he noticed for…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jones Et Vir v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  2. Class & Nachod Brewing Co. v. GiacobelloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Frank v. W. S. Losier Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. March v. Philadelphia & West Chester Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Bailey v. C. Lewis Lavine, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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3Cited by90 opinions

  1. Scaife Co. v. Rockwell-Standard Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  2. Elza v. ChovanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. Boggavarapu v. PonistSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Austin v. RidgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  5. Carroll v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

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