Case ID: pa-super_142/html/0271-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per Curiam,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Hettrick v. Torrance et al., Appellants.
    Argued October 17, 1940.
    Before Keller, P. J., Cunningham, Baldrige, Stadteeld, Parker, Rhodes and Hirt, JJ.
    
      Philip^ A. Campbell, with him Victor Frey, of Frey & Campbell, for appellants.
    
      Jacob Boonin, with him William A. Fieldman, for appellee.
    November 13, 1940:
   Per Curiam,

This case against two defendants grew out of an automobile collision, and was tried before a judge without a jury. Under the evidence, the negligence of the respective defendants and the contributory negligence of the plaintiff were questions of fact. While there was some slight discrepancy between the testimony of the plaintiff and that of one of his witnesses, as respects the weather conditions, it was for the trial judge to reconcile their differences, if possible, or decide which was to be accepted as correct. (McMahon v. Reading Transit & Light Co., 280 Pa. 199, 202, 124 A. 330). His finding in favor of the plaintiff is as binding upon us as if it were the verdict of a jury. Moreover, it is only fair to say that the driver of defendant Torrance’s car, (defendant and appellant in No. 221), called by him as a witness, testified: “It was drizzling that night, very misty, and you could not see very good.”

The judgments are severally affirmed.