Ford v. Philadelphia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 159, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1906, No. 3,477, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alfred P. Ford and Matilda F. Ford, his wife, v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Audenried, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for Alfred P. Ford for $150 and for Matilda F. Ford for $350. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 159, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1906, No. 3,477, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alfred P. Ford and Matilda F. Ford, his wife, v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Audenried, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for Alfred P. Ford for $150 and for Matilda F. Ford for $350. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The plaintiff was walking on the east side of Twenty-second street, toward Delancey street, and had almost passed a bay window projecting three feet from the house line on Twenty-second street, when she turned and went back to get her daughter, who had lingered behind. Having repassed the window, she turned in close to the house wall in order to avoid a crowd of people going from church, and, after proceeding a foot or two, stepped into the light well of a basement window, fell and was injured. According to the varying testimony of the witnesses, this light well extended…
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