Reed v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 201, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Second T., 1911, No. 528, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Walter Reed v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brown, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff of $3,500, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 201, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Second T., 1911, No. 528, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Walter Reed v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brown, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff of $3,500, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
There was evidence to warrant the jury in finding sufficient facts to support the verdict for the plaintiff and the case was, therefore, for the jury. The accident occurred and the plaintiff lost his leg by reason of the disobedience of the “slow” order by the trainmen operating the train which struck the plaintiff, and their failure to give the proper signals of the approach of the train to the trestle or bridge. A concrete bridge was being built by the plaintiff’s employer, the McKelvy-Hine Company, for the defendant railway company. He was, therefore,…
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