Madara v. Shamokin & Mount Carmel Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 121, Jau. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1896, No. 188, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Savldge, P. J. From the record it appeared that the action was begun on January 2, 1896, by Nicholas Madara and Mary C. Madara, his wife, in right of Mary C. Madara.
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Appeal, No. 121, Jau. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1896, No. 188, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Savldge, P. J. From the record it appeared that the action was begun on January 2, 1896, by Nicholas Madara and Mary C. Madara, his wife, in right of Mary C. Madara. The accident occurred on June 80, 1895. On April 19,1898, at the time of the trial the court permitted the following amendment of the record: And now, to wit: April 19, 1898, on motion of J. W. Gillespie and P. A. Mahon, attorneys for plaintiff, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
Mary C. Madara took passage for herself and five children on defendant’s car at Shamokin for Green Ridge, about six miles distant, on the morning of June 30, 1895, and were carried safely to their destination. At 6 o’clock in the evening they took the same car line to return, Nicholas Madara, the husband, being then with his family. The car, on an up grade at Green Ridge, from some defect in machinery or power, stopped and could not be moved. One William Yisick was there at the time assisting to get the car started, and giving directions as one having authority; not…
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