Legal Opinion

McCraley Et Vir v. George, Trustees

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 13, 1944No. Appeals, 52 and 53Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The sole question before us in this trespass case is whether the wife plaintiff, hereinafter called the plaintiff, the driver of an automobile hit by a trolley car, was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

Plaintiff was driving northwest on Water Street, Pittsburgh about 5:30 r. M., May 31, 1941. When she reached a point near the foot of the ramp coming off the Point Bridge she was confronted by a red traffic light and stopped. The defendant’s trolley car was then moving southeastwardly, down the ramp near where the trolley tracks turn east at an obtuse…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dopler v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  2. Gavin v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. Brungo v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Shearer v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  5. Swilley v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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