Rhoads v. Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 298, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lebanon Co., Sept. Term, 1905, No. 168, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Susan Rhoads (the death of Susan Rhoads suggested on the record before trial and the name of Emanuel C. Ney, Administrator of Susan Rhoads, substituted) v. Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Henry, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 298, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lebanon Co., Sept. Term, 1905, No. 168, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Susan Rhoads (the death of Susan Rhoads suggested on the record before trial and the name of Emanuel C. Ney, Administrator of Susan Rhoads, substituted) v. Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Henry, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $725. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in submitting the case to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
At the time of the injury which is the foundation of this action the plaintiff, Susan Rhoads, was a woman far advanced in years and so crippled by an injury to her hip joint that she was unable to walk without the aid of a cane. On the day of the injury she with her daughter and granddaughter were passengers on a train of the defendant company, their destination being Cornwall. When the train reached the station the old lady was as*312sisted from the car by the conductor and brakeman and safely deposited on the platform of the station a few feet from the steps of the car.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Powell v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Clunn v. Williamsport & North Branch RailroadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909