Nee v. Versailles Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 66, April T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1915, No. 694, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Thomas Nee, next friend of Lenora Nee, a minor, v. Versailles Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Carnahan, J. The case turned upon the question whether there was sufficient proof to sustain a verdict for permanent injuries.
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Appeal, No. 66, April T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1915, No. 694, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Thomas Nee, next friend of Lenora Nee, a minor, v. Versailles Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Carnahan, J. The case turned upon the question whether there was sufficient proof to sustain a verdict for permanent injuries. From the record it appeared that plaintiff was injured on August 9,1914, when she was about six years of age. The facts relating to the accident, and a summary of the evidence relating to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The judgment from which this appeal was taken was recovered by Lenora Nee for injuries received on a public highway in the defendant township. She was about six years of age at the time of the accident and was riding with her mother and a number of other persons in a wagon drawn by four horses. At a place where the roadway was somewhat narrower than was the road generally the wagon slid over the unguarded bank of a creek at the roadside. The horses were drawn over the bank with the wagon. The wagon was upset in going over the bank and the plaintiff was pinned under it…
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