Penn. R. v. Mooney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 239 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 332 December Term 1883, C. P. No. 3. On January 5, 1884, Margaret Mooney and others, as the widow and children of Thomas Mooney, deceased, brought an action in case against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries inflicted by the defendant company causing the death of said Thomas Mooney. Issue.
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ERROR TO the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 239 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 332 December Term 1883, C. P. No. 3. On January 5, 1884, Margaret Mooney and others, as the widow and children of Thomas Mooney, deceased, brought an action in case against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries inflicted by the defendant company causing the death of said Thomas Mooney. Issue. At the trial on October 4,1888, the case presented was to the effect that Thomas Mooney, on February 14, 1883, tbe date of tbe accident, was foreman of a…
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Me. Justice Geben :. There was no evidence but that of the plaintiff on the trial of this case. Three witnesses were examined who were present at the occurrence of the accident, but only one of the three saw and described the actual collision which caused the death of the plaintiff’s husband. It was testified by all the witnesses that the deceased and several others, all in the employ of the defendant, were walking along the railroad track on their way to do some work on the road. The deceased left the track-shortly before reaching Green Lane crossing to attend to a call of nature. No…
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