Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Winkler
Supreme Court of Delaware
Writ op Error to the Superior Court in and for New Castle County. The action brought below was for damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff, claimed to have been sustained under the following circumstances, viz.: That on the nineteenth day of February, 1901, he was in the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, the defendant, as head brakeman of the shifting crew which was using shifting engine No. 1242 and its tender in moving and delivering interstate…
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Writ op Error to the Superior Court in and for New Castle County. The action brought below was for damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff, claimed to have been sustained under the following circumstances, viz.: That on the nineteenth day of February, 1901, he was in the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, the defendant, as head brakeman of the shifting crew which was using shifting engine No. 1242 and its tender in moving and delivering interstate commerce cars at the siding on the south side of the City of Wilmington, the defendant then and there being a common…
1Opinion of the Court
Boyce, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
We have carefully examined and considered the several assignments of error, the record and the briefs of counsel in this case, in connection with the rulings of the Court below upon the admission and rejection of testimony, and likewise in connection with the charge of the Court to the jury; and we do not find any reversible error in the trial below. It is an established rule in this Court that it will not reverse a judgment when it is clear that the errors assigned could not and did not prejudice the rights of the party against whom the ruling…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Voelker v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1902
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- Erie R. v. LindquistCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1928
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