Smith v. Wistar

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

On the evening of February 7, 1935, the plaintiff, while crossing Germantown Avenue from the east to the west side, at its intersection with Slocum Street and Pelham Road, was struck by a Ford roadster operated by the defendant. Germantown Avenue is a main thoroughfare in the City of Philadelphia, with double trolley tracks thereon. Slocum Street intersects Germantown Avenue on its east side only. Immediately to the south of Slocum Street is Pelham Road, at right angles with Germantown Avenue, on its west side.

The plaintiff alighted from a northbound trolley car…