Opinion · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Moore v. Esso Standard Oil Co.
Moore v. Esso Standard Oil Co., 364 PA 343 (Pa. 1950)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Date
- 1950-03-20
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- so called ‘presumption of due care’ actually shifts to the defendant burden of introducing evidence and persuading jury on issue of plaintiff’s contributory negligence.
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364 Pa. 343 (1950)
Moore, Exrx., Appellant,
Moore, Exrx., Appellant,
v.
Esso Standard Oil Company of Pennsylvania et al.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued January 12, 1950. March 20, 1950.Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.
*349 R. Winfield Baile, with him George W. Thompson, for appellant.
D. Malcolm Hodge, E.P. Balderston, Jr., and Hodge, Hodge & Balderston, for appellees, were not heard.
OPINION PER CURIAM, March 20, 1950:
The judgment of the court below is affirmed on the opinion of Judge SWENEY.