Walsh v. Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 197, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Blair Co., March T., 1910, No. 517, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary A. Walsh v. Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 197, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Blair Co., March T., 1910, No. 517, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary A. Walsh v. Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Bell, P. J. On July 4, 1906, P. J. Walsh, a resident of Tyrone, Blair county, with his family, consisting of himself, his wife, four sons and four daughters, spent the day driving in a wagon containing four seats and drawn by two horses. The front seat was occupied by the father, a little daughter, and a son, aged fifteen and a half…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mestrezat,
We have examined this case with care, and notwithstanding the thirty-two assignments of error filed by the appellant we discover no reversible error in the record. Eighteen of the assignments allege error in the answers to appellant’s request for instructions to the jury. These points were properly refused because they assumed as facts matters in dispute, or asked for binding instructions. Three assignments complained, without cause, of the learned judge’s charge which was more favorable to the appellant company than the facts warranted. Nine of the assignments…
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