Fane v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 221, Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1907, No. 1,324, on verdict for defendant in the case of Isabella Fane, by her father and next friend, James H. Fane, and James H. Fane, v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover for personal injuries. Before Brégy, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 221, Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1907, No. 1,324, on verdict for defendant in the case of Isabella Fane, by her father and next friend, James H. Fane, and James H. Fane, v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Trespass to recover for personal injuries. Before Brégy, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Errors assigned were in sustaining defendant’s objections to the admission of evidence as to the ordinances and rules of the company mentioned in the opinion of the Supreme…
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Mr. Chief Justice Fell,
This action was to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained by Isabella Fane, one of the plaintiffs, while riding as a passenger in the defendant’s car. The car was running south on Sixth street, and while it was crossing Pine street, one of the horses attached to a fire engine going west on the car track on that street ran into the side of the back platform of the car. When the car was at a point near the north line of Pine street, the fire bell and the shouting of persons on the street were heard by the passengers. The motorman slackened the speed…
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