Brenisholtz v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 54, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Juniata Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 67, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Annie M. Brenisholtz and John W. Brenisholtz, her husband, v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Shull, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 54, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Juniata Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 67, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Annie M. Brenisholtz and John W. Brenisholtz, her husband, v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Shull, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial plaintiffs made the following offer: Mr. Banks: We offer in evidence the Carlisle Tables as found on page 144 of Wolfe’s Inheritance Tax Calculations for the purpose of showing that a person…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This was an action of trespass brought by Annie M. Brenisholtz and John W. Brenisholtz her husband, to *93recover damages for injuries sustained by the wife through the alleged negligence of the employees of the defendant company. There was no denial of the negligence, and the facts are not in dispute. A freight train was backed off the end of a siding across the street, into the rear of plaintiffs’ dwelling, and demolished part of the building where their children were sleeping. Frightened by the crash Mrs. Brenisholtz sprang up and endeavored in the darkness to…
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