Fox v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 346, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, June T., 1899, No. 895, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Edward J. Fox et al. v. Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s father. Before Beitler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
On May 12, 1899, James W. Fox, the father of appellants, was attending one of the courts in City Hall, Philadelphia, having in his charge a helpless old lady, who was moved on a rolling chair. After he left the court room with her he rolled the chair to an elevator at the northwest corner of the corridor on the second floor of the building, to be taken down to the first. When the elevator descended to the second floor and the door was opened, he pushed the chair into it at the invitation of the man operating it, and when he was about to get on it, having one foot…
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