Pennsylvania Railroad v. Price
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 274. Case by Anna M. Price, widow of Alfred J..Price, and Jessie Price, Stella Price and Anna Price, minors, by their mother and next friend, Anna M. Price, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, operating the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, to recover damages for the death of the said Alfred J. Price, caused by a collision of two trains'on the Western Pennsylvania…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 274. Case by Anna M. Price, widow of Alfred J..Price, and Jessie Price, Stella Price and Anna Price, minors, by their mother and next friend, Anna M. Price, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, operating the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, to recover damages for the death of the said Alfred J. Price, caused by a collision of two trains'on the Western Pennsylvania Railroad. The jury found the following special verdict: “We find for the plaintiff in the sum of five thousand dollars,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The special verdict finds all the facts necessary to an intelligent consideration of this case. The deceased, A. J. Price, was, at the time of the accident resulting in his death, a route agent of the United States Post-Office Department, duly appointed and commissioned. His route was on the Western Pennsylvania Railroad between Allegheny city and Blairsville. His duties were those incident to the position of mail agents. While engaged in the performance of those duties, on the 23d day of July 1877, he was killed by a collision on the road. The collision was found to be the result of the…
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