Hawk v. Pennsylvania R. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Maxey,
This is a grade crossing case. Plaintiffs are husband and wife. Defendant company had a double track railroad running north and south in the Borough of Manor-ville. Mill Street runs east and west across these tracks. Mrs. Jennifer Hawk, aged thirty-two, coplaintiff, was driving on this street on a clear morning at 8:25 in an • easterly direction across these tracks. She was not a licensed driver, but had a learner’s permit, and Wilbert Schall, a licensed driver, was sitting at her side in the front seat of the automobile. Her testimony is that when she got near the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Railroad Company v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Guilinger v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Cubitt v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Kolich v. Monongahela Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Bornscheuer v. Consolidated Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
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