Benamy v. Reading Transit & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 214, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1919, No. 795, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Max J. Benamy v. Reading Transit & Light Company. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Finletter, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. At the trial the court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Plaintiff sued to recover compensation for injuries received in a collision between an automobile he was driving at the time and one of defendant’s trolley cars. The court below granted a nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. The testimony shows plaintiff came west on the Butler Road and turned north on the Germantown Road on which defendant operates a single track trolley line. A large danger signboard on the Butler Road, one hundred feet east of the Germantown Road, gave notice of the railway on the latter road: Plaintiff turned into the Germantown Road and drove…
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