Gojkovic v. Wageley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 36, Oct. T., 1923, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1919, No. 1715, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of George Gojkovic et ux. v. C. A. Wageley et al., doing business as Wageley Brothers. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s minor daughter. Before Drew, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Judgment on verdict for plaintiffs for $1,790.03. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal, No. 36, Oct. T., 1923, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1919, No. 1715, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of George Gojkovic et ux. v. C. A. Wageley et al., doing business as Wageley Brothers. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s minor daughter. Before Drew, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Judgment on verdict for plaintiffs for $1,790.03. Defendants appealed. Error assigned was, inter alia, refusal of judgment for defendants, n. o. v.' quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Walling,
The defendants, Wageley Brothers, were grocers at Pitcairn, Allegheny County, and owners of a delivery truck driven by one Harry Morrow who, while so doing, on October 8, 1918, ran down and killed the eight-year-old daughter of George and Amelia Gojkovic, the plaintiffs. The circumstances pointed to negligence on part of Morrow and this suit, brought to recover for such death, resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs; defendants have appealed.
The only error assigned is the refusal of the trial court to decide the case in defendants’ favor as matter of…
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