Amodei v. Saunders

Opinion by

Mr. J ustice Musmanno,

On November 6, 1948, Giovanni Amodei, 53 years of age, while crossing Rising Sun Avenue at its intersection with Goodman Street, in the City of Philadelphia, was struck and killed by an automobile owned and operated by the defendant, Henry Steven Saunders. The administrator of his estate recovered a verdict of $12,300 in the ensuing trial against the defendant. From the judgment entered on that verdict the defendant has appealed, contending through his counsel that there was not sufficient evidence to take the case to the jury, the decedent was guilty of…