Estate of Murdoch ex rel. Frankel v. Pennsylvania

OPINION OF THE COURT

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal by defendant City of Philadelphia from a judgment of the district court arises out of an action brought by the plaintiff, Alvin H. Frankel, the guardian of the Estate of Graeme Murdoch, an alleged incompetent, on behalf of his ward for damages resulting from severe injuries suffered by Murdoch on May 15, 1965 when the automobile which Murdoch was driving collided with a gatepost in the fence along the east side of the Schuylkill Expressway in the City of Philadelphia at a point where an exit ramp, known as the Smallwood cut-off, leads from…