Boatwright v. Chester & Media Electric Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 139, Nov. T., 1896, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P., Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 259, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Clayton, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in tlie opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was, refusal of defendant’s first point, viz: “Under all the evidence in this case the verdict should be in favor of the defendants.”
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Appeal, No. 139, Nov. T., 1896, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P., Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 259, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Clayton, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in tlie opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was, refusal of defendant’s first point, viz: “Under all the evidence in this case the verdict should be in favor of the defendants.” Answer: This point is negatived.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Willard, J.,
A road known as the Providence Road runs north and south through the borough of Media; it is from thirty-five to forty feet wide. The appellant’s track over which its cars run, is located on the eastern side of the road. Its main route is between Chester and Media. About three hundred feet north of a steam railway track there is a switch or turnout leading from the Providence Road into the South Media road, and north of the point where the track begins to diverge, and one hundred and sixty feet distant is a blacksmith^ shop, fronting on the western side of the Providence…
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