STEELE v. FRANCE


363 Pa. 165 (1949)

Steele v. France, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.H. McConnell, for appellant.

H. Fred Mercer, Jr., with him Louis Z. Marohnic and Mercer & Buckley, for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE DREW, November 14, 1949:

In this trespass action, Theodore France, defendant, admitted that on East Street in the City of Pittsburgh he negligently drove his car into the rear of a parked truck in which the owner, Ethelbert Steele, plaintiff, was sitting. The only issue contested at the trial was the amount of damages to be awarded to plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict of $14,270 and, after defendant...

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