McFarland v. Consolidated Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 71, Oct. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 8, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1900, No. 228, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. T. McFarland v. Consolidated Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McClung, J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,500. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries which the plaintiff alleges he sustained by reason of the negli*425gence of the defendant company. On the evening of March 29, 1900, the plaintiff was engaged with a one-horse transfer wagon in removing a piano, weighing about 1,200 pounds, to the residence of Mrs. Eschallier, 157 Larimer avenue, East End, Pitts-burg. He drove to the avenue, in the vicinity of the place he was to deliver the piano, and having waited for two street cars to pass, he backed the wagon against the curb, its roar standing at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fenner v. Wilkes-Barre & Wyoming Valley Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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