Frankel v. Norris
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 194, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 276, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of H. M. Frankel v. J. T. Norris. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $7,000.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 194, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 276, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of H. M. Frankel v. J. T. Norris. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $7,000.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were answers to points, instructions to the jury, and the refusal of the court to direct a verdict for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action of trespass to recover damages for injuries resulting from the negligent operation of an automobile.
The plaintiff was a passenger on an open summer *16car on the eastbonnd track on Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, of the Pittsburgh Railways Company which has a double track car line on that avenue. His destination was Craft avenue which intersects Fifth avenue obliquely. It appears by the plaintiff’s evidence that immediately after the street car left Robinson street, the first street west of and parallel to Craft avenue, he gave a signal to the motorman…
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