Omaha Street Railway Co. v. Loehneisen
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from tbe district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Davis, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. The public has demanded rapid transit. A higher degree of care is required of the public than under the horse car system. (Carson v. Federal Street & Pleasant Valley R. Co., 15 L. R. A. (Pa.), 257, and cases cited.) Passengers and traveling public are bound to look out for approaching trains when crossing an electric street car track.
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Error from tbe district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Davis, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. The public has demanded rapid transit. A higher degree of care is required of the public than under the horse car system. (Carson v. Federal Street & Pleasant Valley R. Co., 15 L. R. A. (Pa.), 257, and cases cited.) Passengers and traveling public are bound to look out for approaching trains when crossing an electric street car track. (Thomas v. Citizens Passenger R. Co., 132 Pa. St., 504; Ehrisman v. East Harrisburg City Passenger R. Co., 24 Atl. Rep. [Pa.], 596; Ward…
1Opinion of the Court
Irvine, O.
The defendant in error, as administratrix of the estate of Carl Loehneisen, deceased, brought this action under chapter 21 of the Compiled Statutes, alleging negligence on the part of the street railway company, causing the death of her intestate. The errors assigned relate to the giving and refusal of instructions, and for the purpose of considering these errors we adopt the statement of facts made in the brief of the plaintiff in error. "VVe have, however, somewhat abridged that statement. Loehneisen was forty-seven years of age, and employed as a laborer near South Omaha. On the…
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