Haas v. Chester Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 300, Jan. T., 1901, by-defendant from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 200, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Emil O. Haas v. Chester Street Railway Company and the Chester Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Johnson, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for 14,100. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
On the whole testimony the jury may have reached a wrong conclusion in this case, but the court could not have withdrawn it from them. The facts developed by the testimony for the plaintiff were these. The plaintiff with two other persons was riding in an open carriage going south on Madison street, Chester, towards Fifth street, which crosses it at right angles. On Fifth street is a single track of the defendant’s road, on which cars are run in both directions. The horse was on a slow trot estimated at six miles an hour, and all three occupants of the carriage…
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