Llewellyn v. Wilkes-Barre
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 312, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 778, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of George J. Llewellyn v. City of Wilkes-Barre. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Strauss, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,924.83 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 312, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 778, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of George J. Llewellyn v. City of Wilkes-Barre. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Strauss, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,924.83 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were instructions to the jury, rulings on evidence, the refusal of a continuance and answers to points.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries received by a fall on a sidewalk of one of the principal residential streets in defendant city upon which there was a ridge of ice he was prevented from seeing by reason of a light fall of snow a short time before the accident. There was a verdict for plaintiff, from which defendant appealed.
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