Craig v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, October T., 1913, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., June T., 1911, No. 136, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of James A. Craig v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Shafer, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,800. The court subsequently entered judgment for the defendant non- obstante veredicto. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 108, October T., 1913, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., June T., 1911, No. 136, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of James A. Craig v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Shafer, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,800. The court subsequently entered judgment for the defendant non- obstante veredicto. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for the defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Fell,
In the cases relied on by the plaintiff in support of his contention that the court erred in entering judgment for the defendant, non obstante veredicto, the controlling facts differ materially from those in this case. In Muckinhaupt v. Railroad Co., 196 Pa. 213, the person injured, before attempting to cross the tracks of the railroad stopped, looked and listened at the usual place of stopping, which was the best place from which to observe the approach of a train. In Cromley v. Railroad Co., 208 Pa. 445, the stop was within twenty feet of the tracks at what…
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- Pennsylvania Railroad v. BealeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Kinter v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Muckinhaupt v. Erie RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Mankewicz v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Cromley v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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