Legal Opinion

Christman v. Laudenslager

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County

Decided December 29, 1947No. 170Published

1Opinion of the Court

Henninger, P. J.,

In this action in trespass, plaintiff sued for damages to his automobile, which was struck by defendant’s car at a rural intersection of a blacktop township road with a concrete public highway.

At the close of plaintiff’s case, we granted defendant’s motion for a compulsory nonsuit and the matter is now before us on a rule to remove the nonsuit.

Plaintiff was traveling west on the 32-foot wide (including shoulders) cement highway at 30 to 35 miles per hour. When he was 100 feet from the intersection, he saw defendant’s car traveling south on the blacktop township road 50 feet…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Buehler v. United States Fashion Plate Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  2. McNulty v. Joseph Horne Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  3. Shore Service, Inc. v. Philadelphia Rural Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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