Krenn v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 135, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1917, No. 1527, on directed verdict in case of Mary Krenn v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, a Corporation. Trespass for personal injuries. Before MACE ARCANE, J. The facts apirear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The trial judge directed a verdict for defendant upon which judgment was entered. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 135, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1917, No. 1527, on directed verdict in case of Mary Krenn v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, a Corporation. Trespass for personal injuries. Before MACE ARCANE, J. The facts apirear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The trial judge directed a verdict for defendant upon which judgment was entered. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in directing verdict for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walung,
■ This is an action of negligence for injuries’ sustained at a public grade crossing. The street in question *445crosses the railway a short distance east of Traveskyn station in Allegheny County. There the railway extends in an easterly and westerly direction and consists of a single main track, on the south side of which is a switch. The track is straight for several hundred feet east and then bends to the north. One, at or anywhere within forty feet south of the track, can see a train approaching from the east for nine hundred feet. On the evening of August 24,…
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