Weikel v. Pullman Taxicab Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 122, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Municipal Ct., Phila. Co., on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jacob G. G. Weikel and Abraham Weikel, Copartners trading as Weikel Brothers, v. Pullman Taxicab Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a wagon. Before Gilpin, J. At the trial it appeared that about four o’clock in the morning of January 10, 1914, plaintiff’s milk wagon was run into by a taxicab and damaged.
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Appeal, No. 122, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Municipal Ct., Phila. Co., on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jacob G. G. Weikel and Abraham Weikel, Copartners trading as Weikel Brothers, v. Pullman Taxicab Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a wagon. Before Gilpin, J. At the trial it appeared that about four o’clock in the morning of January 10, 1914, plaintiff’s milk wagon was run into by a taxicab and damaged. The facts relating to the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $235.12. Defendant…
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Trexler, J.,
The employee of the defendant company while operating one of its taxicabs drove into the rear of plaintiff’s milk wagon. The plaintiff had left the team and was delivering milk to his customers, and the horse was proceeding slowly down the street in the car tracks. The driver of the taxicab alleges that as he was about to pass the wagon he saw the horse turning to the right. He then attempted to cross on the left when the horse turned in that direction. The horse as he claims then stopped and in some way the collision occurred. It is admitted that the milk wagon during…
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