Kuhns v. Upper Allen Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, March T., 1914, by plaintiff, from .judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., May T., 1912, No. 49, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James H. Kuhns v. Upper Allen Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Sadler, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are fully stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $225. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 5, March T., 1914, by plaintiff, from .judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., May T., 1912, No. 49, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James H. Kuhns v. Upper Allen Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Sadler, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are fully stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $225. Defendant appealed. Error assigned amongst others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
In determining whether or not the learned trial judge should have withdrawn this case from the consideration of the jury and whether this court should now reverse the judgment that followed the verdict for the plaintiff, we accept the facts as testified to by the plaintiff. If, as to some of these, the testimony before the jury was conflicting, that is not a matter which here and now concerns us.
The road of the defendant township on which the accident occurred is about a mile in length and connects two more important and traveled highways known respectively as Grantham road…
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