Shafer v. Philadelphia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 205, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1913, No. 3447, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harry B. Shafer and Mary Shafer, his wife, v. Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Staples, P. J., specially presiding. The circumstances of the accident are stated in' the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 205, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1913, No. 3447, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harry B. Shafer and Mary Shafer, his wife, v. Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Staples, P. J., specially presiding. The circumstances of the accident are stated in' the opinion of the Superior Court. Yerdict and judgment for Harry B. Shafer for $225, and for Mary Shafer for $500. Defendant appealed. • Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant. cited: Mason v. Philadelphia, 205…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The questions involved in this case were properly submitted to the jury by the learned trial judge in a fair and adequate charge and the verdict for the plaintiff should not be disturbed.
The accident which is the basis of plaintiff’s claim occurred at half.past eleven o’clock in the evening of a dark night as plaintiff was returning home from the theater. When she came to the driveway which crossed the pavement and afforded access to a garage, she fell into the depression caused by the difference in the levels of the pavement and driveway, a difference in grade of three…
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