Sang v. Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler & New Castle Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
The defendant’s point for binding instructions should have been affirmed. The evidence totally failed to convict the defendant of the negligence averred in the statement.
The statement alleged that while the plaintiff, with a number of other prospective passengers, was standing a short distance south of the platform at the station or stop of the defendant company north of Evergreen Avenue, an inbound car approached at a very high rate of speed and ran past said platform or station and struck several of the persons waiting there, whereby the plaintiff was caused to be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- MacGilvray v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Coyle v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Muhlhause v. Monongahela Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Tyrrell v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
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- Spagnol v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924