Madden v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 117, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 119, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Flossie M. Sheldon Madden v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Cameron, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,750. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 117, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 119, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Flossie M. Sheldon Madden v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Cameron, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,750. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Moschziskee,
The plaintiff was the wife of Clarence Sheldon at the time of his death; she afterwards intermarried with one Madden. On January 14, 1908, Sheldon had his head cut off while in the employ of the defendant company. The circumstances under which this occurred are fairly outlined in the following excerpt from the opinion of the court below: “Along the main line of the defendant’s railroad there are two switches side by side, seven feet four inches apart at the place where the accident occurred............ The defendant company sometime in November, 1907,…
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