Pennsylvania R. v. Stockton
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Tn Rrror to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. Action at law by Richard Stockton, administrator of William R. Stockton, deceased, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below, Richard Stockton, a citizen of New Jersey, and administrator c. t. a. of Wtn. U. Stockton, deceased, recovered a verdict against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania, for damages for its alleged negligence in causing his decedent’s death. On entry of judgment thereon the railroad sued out this writ.
The case concerns the duty of a railroad to a passenger about to board a train at a station. The testimony on behalf of the plaintiff tended to show that Mr. Stockton, having purchased a ticket on defendant’s road to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Flint v. Norwich & New York Transportation Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1868
- McGearty v. Manhattan Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Co. v. HindsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Buck v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1888
- Kulman v. Erie RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1900
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- Oesch v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1933