Legal Opinion

Papkin Et Ux. v. Helfand and Katz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 6, 1943No. Appeals, 254 and 255PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to take off a compulsory nonsuit in an action of trespass. The wife plaintiff, Mrs. Mary Papkin, was driving her four-door sedan westerly on 65th Avenue, at or near its intersection with Smedley Street, on October 3, 1940. At the same time defendant’s small coupé driven by an employee was moving north on Smedley Street. Near the middle of the intersection of these two streets these two cars collided. Mrs. Papkin testified that just prior to the accident she looked to her right and then to her left and “saw nothing coming either…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Byrne v. Schultz (Stone)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Galliano v. East Penn Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Enfield v. StoutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  2. Sargeant v. AyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Reidinger v. Lewis Jones, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  4. Charles v. LaRUESuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  5. Craig v. Gottlieb Et Ux.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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