Sprowls v. Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 134, Oct. T., 1896, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Peb. T., 1896, No. 33, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before McIlvaine, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff was injured on September 18, 1895, by falling over an embankment at an unguarded point on the public road in Morris township. Plaintiff was not acquainted with the road where the accident occurred.
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Appeal, No. 134, Oct. T., 1896, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Peb. T., 1896, No. 33, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before McIlvaine, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff was injured on September 18, 1895, by falling over an embankment at an unguarded point on the public road in Morris township. Plaintiff was not acquainted with the road where the accident occurred. The description of the road and the circumstances of the accident, together with the material portion of plaintiff’s testimony are given in the opinion of the. Supreme…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
It was testified on the trial, and not disputed that the train on the railroad was running at the time of the accident at a rate of about fifteen miles an hour. This would require about four minutes to a mile, or one minute to a quarter of a mile. According to the plaintiff’s testimony the point at which he first saw the approaching train was, as ascertained by subsequent measurement, about six hundred and eighty feet distant from the train. At the rate of speed at which the train was moving it would have reached his position in about thirty-five seconds from the…
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