Pittsburgh Southern Railway Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county: Of October and November Term 1883, No. 79. Case, by Matthew Taylor against the Pittsburgh Southern Railway Company to recover damages caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant company, in allowing its cars, which had run off the track at a road crossing, to remain in such á position that plaintiff’s horse took fright at them and ran away.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county: Of October and November Term 1883, No. 79. Case, by Matthew Taylor against the Pittsburgh Southern Railway Company to recover damages caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant company, in allowing its cars, which had run off the track at a road crossing, to remain in such á position that plaintiff’s horse took fright at them and ran away. On the trial, the following facts appearedMatthew Taylor, the plaintiff below, a farmer, living near Washington, Pa., about noon of December 16th 1879, accompanied by his wife, started to town…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
In the court below, the plaintiff claimed damages from the Pittsburgh Southern Railway Company, for personal injuries to himself and wife consequent upon the alleged negligence of the company in allowing two of- its cars to remain off the track an unreasonable length of time at the crossing of a public highway, thereby causing plaintiff’s horse to take fright and run off, breaking his carriage and harness, and inflicting serious personal injuries upon his wife and himself.
It appears that on Sunday night, December 15th 1879, a train of defendant company’s empty flat cars was being backed down…
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