Trapnell v. Hines
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Charles F. Lynch, Judge. Action by Joseph Trapnell against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. Judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
The station of the Erie Railroad Company at Glen Ridge, New Jersey, stood on the right-hand side of Benson Avenue and on the farther side of the tracks in relation to the direction in which Trapnell was approaching it. When a block or more from the station, at the foot of the hill on tire avenue, Trap-nell heard the crossing-bell signalling the approach of the train he proposed to take. On nearing the station, he saw the train pulling out. Thereupon, he ran to the middle of the street-crossing on the side opposite that of the station and boarded or attempted to board…
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