Culp v. Reading Transit & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 383, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Oct. T.. 1913, No. 71, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Emma H. Culp v. The Reading Transit and Light Company. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Endlich, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 383, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Oct. T.. 1913, No. 71, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Emma H. Culp v. The Reading Transit and Light Company. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Endlich, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the death of her husband, which she alleged was due to the negligence of the defendant company. On the evening of July 12, 1913, plaintiff’s husband, wishing to go out into the street to look for an approaching car, stepped from the edge of the sidewalk, in front of his residence, over some street railway rails that were lying in the gutter near the curb. In returning to the sidewalk he again stepped over the rails, but his heel caught and he was thrown heavily to the ground. The defendant company, having…
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