Farr v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, Oot. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila." Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 4326, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John T. Farr v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Beitler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court refused binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,000. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 17, Oot. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila." Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 4326, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John T. Farr v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Beitler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court refused binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblady, J.,
The plaintiff, an old man aged eighty years, became a passenger on a train at Philadelphia about nine o’clock in the evening to be carried to Frankford, a branch terminal station' of the defendant’s system. Just before arriving at his destination he was obliged to go to the water-closet in the car to relieve his bladder. He came out of the closet as soon as he could adjust his clothing “ probably one or two minutes after the train stopped,” at which time the train was standing still at Frankford station. All the passengers and employees had left the train; in his words “…
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- Pennsylvania Railroad v. KilgoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
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