Francis v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 153, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 121, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jacob H. Francis, father and next friend of Howard Walter Francis, a minor, v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Lessee and Operator of the Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ruppel, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 153, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 121, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jacob H. Francis, father and next friend of Howard Walter Francis, a minor, v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Lessee and Operator of the Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ruppel, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,950 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, were in refusing' to direct' a verdict for defendant, and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
Some two months before the happening of the accident which is the basis of the present action, the defendant company had established a yard south of its main tracks near Sandpatch station, and had constructed thereon a Y on which to turn its engine. In so doing it appropriated a portion of a public road south of the crossing at Sandpatch, and supplied the break thus made by a new link which increased the distance from the crossing at Sandpatch south some 700 feet. The plaintiff, Jacob H. Francis, father of the injured boy, resided south of the crossing; his…
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