Powell v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Cunningham, J.,
At the time of the events hereinafter described, Second Street, running north and south in the Borough of Wilmerding, was unimproved; it intersected Middle Street, an improved east and west street, at right angles; that street is twenty-one feet and three inches wide, and two tracks of the defendant street railway company are laid thereon. Earl Powell, plaintiff below, lived on Second Street, some fifty feet north of Middle. About daybreak on October 23,1929, he started to his place of employment, driving his Durant coupe south on Second and intending to proceed west…
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