Gilkey v. Waverly, Sayre & Athens Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 304, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of O, P. Bradford Co., May T., 1910, No. 32, on verdict for plaintiff in case , of Myron W. Gilkey and Etta Gilkey, Ms wife, v.. Waverly, Sayre & Athens Traction Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Cameeon, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for Myron W. Gilkey for $800 and for Etta Gilkey for $3,125, and judgment thereon.
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Appeal, No. 304, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of O, P. Bradford Co., May T., 1910, No. 32, on verdict for plaintiff in case , of Myron W. Gilkey and Etta Gilkey, Ms wife, v.. Waverly, Sayre & Athens Traction Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Cameeon, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for Myron W. Gilkey for $800 and for Etta Gilkey for $3,125, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned are sufficiently explained in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
On the evening of September 23, 1909, Etta Gilkey, one of the appellees, boarded a car of the defendant company in the Borough of Athens, Bradford County, for the purpose of being carried to the town of Sayre, in the same county. It was an open summer car, with seats running crosswise. When the appellee and a companion got on the car they notified the conductor that they wished to alight at Pleasant street, which runs west fróm Keystone avenue, in the town of Sayre, on which the tracks of the defendant company are laid. Mrs. Gilkey and her companion both testified…
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