Carroll v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The jury in this trespass action having found a verdict for defendants, we are of opinion that the court below was not justified in granting, as it did, plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence and that in the interest of justice a new trial should be had.

On the night of April 9, 1946 the wife-plaintiff, Marie P. Carroll, was a passenger on a trolley car on Federal Street operated by defendant Pittsburgh Railways Company. Federal Street is a main, much travelled, well lighted highway in the City of…