Wingrove v. Central Pennsylvania Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, May T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1906, No. 462, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Sarah Wingrove and W. G. Wingrove v. Central Pennsylvania Traction Company.
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Appeal, No. 9, May T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1906, No. 462, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Sarah Wingrove and W. G. Wingrove v. Central Pennsylvania Traction Company. Before Fell, C. J., Brown, Mestrezat, Potter, Elkin, Stewart and Mosohzisker, JJ/ Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a married woman; Before Kunkel, P. J. The abstract of proceedings was as follows: Action in trespass against the Central Pennsylvania Traction Company, defendant, by Sarah Wingrove and W. G. Wingrove, her husband, plaintiffs, for injuries alleged to have…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This was an action of trespass brought by Sarah Wingrove and W. G. Wingrove, her husband, to recover damages from the Central Pennsylvania Traction Company, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Wingrove by reason of the negligence of the de*554fendant. Mrs. Wingrove alleged that on August 19, 1905, as she was boarding a car of the defendant company in the city of Harrisburg, it was prematurely started, and she was thrown down and severely injured. The case was tried twice in the court below. The second trial resulted in á verdict for the plaintiff,…
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