Ackerman v. Union Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 180, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 561, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Charles W. Ackerman v. Union Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s son. Before Biddle, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
This action is by a father to recover damages for the loss of his son thirteen years of age, who was killed under the following circumstances : The boy was riding on the side steps of a freight car of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, which was running north on Second street. The defendant’s electric car was running south, and the tracks of the two roads were parallel and so close that there was a space of only a few inches between the sides of the cars as they passed. The freight train approached Second street on a curve, and turned on to the street a…
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