Taylor v. Bland

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 551
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 315

Syllabus

<p>Trials — Evidence—Photographs—Admissibility.</p> <p>The question of the admissibility of photographs of the locus of an accident are largely a matter for the discretion of the trial judge. Where the photographs have been offered in evidence, and the circumstances of their taking explained to the jury, it is not material that the weather conditions were different from those existing at the time of the accident, especially where the pictures were only offered for the purpose of giving an idea of the general location of the lines of fence, roads and poles.</p> <p>Negligence — Automobiles — Collision between automobile and motorcycle- — Case for fury.</p> <p>In an action for trespass to recover damages for personal injuries, the result of a collision with an automobile, the ease is for the jury, where the issue is whether- or not the conduct of the defendant in turning abruptly to the left when entering upon a traveled state highway, was the cause of the accident.</p>