Legal Opinion

Hawk v. Pennsylvania R. R.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 30, 1931No. Appeals, 103 and 104PublishedCited by 39 opinions

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

  1. Railroad Company v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Guilinger v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Cubitt v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Kolich v. Monongahela Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  5. Bornscheuer v. Consolidated Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. MacDonald v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  2. Ashby v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. Brillhart v. Edison Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  4. Hynek v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Commonwealth Trust Co. v. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945

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