Wilson v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This is a trespass suit for personal injury and property damages resulting from an accident which occurred in the early afternoon of December 22, 1959, at The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Perry Street grade crossing in Allenport. At that time and place, defendant’s train, consisting of 3 diesel locomotives and 135 empty coal hopper cars, struck the motor vehicle in which Eugene Wilson was driving alone. As a result of the collision, Wilson, thrown from the car, died on the way to the hospital,

Martha Y. Wilson, widow of decedent (plaintiff), instituted three…