Noonan Et Ux. v. Pa. Railroad Co.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Plaintiffs brought this action of trespass against defendant to recover damages for the death of their minor son. The child, two and one-half years of age, was struck by the overhang of defendant’s locomotive while sitting on the end of a tie on the main line of its Monongahela division in Pittsburgh. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs; the court below entered judg ment n. o. v. for defendant, from which, plaintiffs have appealed.

This accident happened near Eleventh Street in the section known as the “South Side” of the city of Pittsburgh. Defendant’s…