Long v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 376, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1915, No. 1844, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Long, trading as Faith & Company, v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for the destruction of an automobile in a right angled collision with an electric car. Before Audenried, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 376, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1915, No. 1844, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Long, trading as Faith & Company, v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover damages for the destruction of an automobile in a right angled collision with an electric car. Before Audenried, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff for $715. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The auto-truck of the plaintiff, driven by his employee, was damaged in a right-angled collision between it and a car of the defendant. That collision occurred in broad daylight, at the intersection of two streets, neither of which was crowded with traffic or pedestrians, and with the two cars, each in the plain view of the driver of the other. It would seem to follow, from this brief statement, the accident could not have occurred, unless the *283plaintiff’s driver or the motorman of the defendant’s car, or both, had been guilty of negligence. Our present inquiry, as the…
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