Easton City v. Miller
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 44, Oct. T., 1917, by defeudant, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., April T., 1915, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiff in case of City of Easton v. A. R. Miller. Appeal from judgment of the mayor of Easton. Before McKeen, J. From the record it appeared that the defendant was a motorman employed by the Easton Transit Company, operating a line of street railway in the City of Easton to and around a public square known as Centre Square.
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Appeal, No. 44, Oct. T., 1917, by defeudant, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., April T., 1915, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiff in case of City of Easton v. A. R. Miller. Appeal from judgment of the mayor of Easton. Before McKeen, J. From the record it appeared that the defendant was a motorman employed by the Easton Transit Company, operating a line of street railway in the City of Easton to and around a public square known as Centre Square. The defendant was arrested and fined for disobedience to an ordinance. The information and complaint, upon which a warrant was issued and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The defendant is a motorman in the service of the Easton Transit Company, a corporation duly authorized to operate street cars on the streets of the City of Easton. He was arrested for an alleged violation of the provisions of a city ordinance regulating the traffic on certain busy streets; such regulation requiring vehicular traffic of every kind to move only in a prescribed direction on a particular street. After a hearing before the mayor he was found guilty. An appeal to the Court of Common Pleas was asked for and allowed. The case was tried before a judge and jury. A…
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