King v. Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler & New Castle Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 32, October Term, 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny County, August Term, 1909, No. 371, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. F. King v. Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler & New Castle Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Reid, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 32, October Term, 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny County, August Term, 1909, No. 371, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. F. King v. Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler & New Castle Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Reid, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were answers to points, various rulings of the trial judge, the refusal of the court to direct a verdict for defendant and to enter judgment for defendant non…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The plaintiff was injured at a railway crossing of a private driveway which led from his farm buildings to a public road. The crossing was constructed and maintained by the defendant nnder an agreement by which it secured a right of way and it was necessarily used by the plaintiff in passing to and from his home to a public road. He was riding on a heavily loaded farm wagon and when within a few feet of the track, at a place where he .had a clear view of about four hundred feet, he stopped, looked and listened for a car. His son got down *499from the wagon, crossed the track to a place…
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