Idell v. Day
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 30, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1920, No. 4672, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Clarence Idell, a minor, by his next friend and father, Morris Idell, and Morris Idell, in his own right, v. Elbert O. Day. Trespass for personal injuries to a boy seventeen years of age. Before Stern, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 30, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1920, No. 4672, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Clarence Idell, a minor, by his next friend and father, Morris Idell, and Morris Idell, in his own right, v. Elbert O. Day. Trespass for personal injuries to a boy seventeen years of age. Before Stern, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Yerdict and judgment for Clarence Idell for $4,000, and for Morris Idell for $650. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1) refusal of instructions for defendant, and (2) refusal of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
This is an action of trespass for personal injuries to Clarence Idell, a minor of seventeen. The accident happened on the evening of January 23, 1920, at about 10 o’clock, while young Idell, in company with eight others, all minors, was sled riding on a roadway in Germantown known as Lincoln Drive. Their sled collided with defendant’s automobile. Verdicts for the minor and father were recovered in the court below, but, as appellant took but one appeal, instead of two, which the law requires, he was compelled to elect which judgment he would contest; by paper…
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