Greer v. Tyson
Decision Date | 04 April 1898 |
Docket Number | 6 |
Citation | 185 Pa. 356,39 A. 1115 |
Parties | John Greer, Appellant, v. Harry G. Tyson |
Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
Argued March 24, 1898
Appeal, No. 6, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from order of C.P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1897, No. 779, refusing to take off nonsuit. Affirmed.
Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries inflicted upon plaintiff by defendant's servant. Before FINLETTER, P.J.
At the trial plaintiff described the accident as follows:
On cross-examination plaintiff testified as follows:
The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off.
Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
Judgment affirmed.
Thomas A. Fahy, for appellant. -- Where plaintiff, on part of his testimony, is entitled to go to the jury, and on the other part is not, the case must go to the jury, whose province it is to reconcile the conflicting statements: Glase v Philadelphia, 169 Pa. 488; ...
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