Lamont v. Adams Express Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 194, Jan. T., 1918, by defendant, frota judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 2929, on a verdict for plaintiff in case of Walter G-. Lamont v. Adams Express Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Rogers, J. Verdict for plaintiff for $9,757, upon which judgment was entered. The court overruled defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto and for a new trial. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 194, Jan. T., 1918, by defendant, frota judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 2929, on a verdict for plaintiff in case of Walter G-. Lamont v. Adams Express Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Rogers, J. Verdict for plaintiff for $9,757, upon which judgment was entered. The court overruled defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto and for a new trial. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were overruling motion for judgment n. o. v. and for a new trial, and answers to points.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This action in trespass is for personal injuries sustained in a collision with an electric truck. Plaintiff resided at 1610 Vine street, Philadelphia, on the south •side of the street about one hundred and ten feet west of Sixteenth street. Between the sidewalks in Vine street there is a twenty-six foot payed cartway and in its center a single track street railroad. On the afternoon of December 8, 1916, plaintiff, a toolmaker by trade, was out in search of employment, and about six o’clock came back to the northwest corner of Sixteenth and Vine streets where he…
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