Golden v. Pittsburg Railways Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 226, April T., 1905, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. Term, 1902, No. 1,028, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of William A. Golden v. Pittsburg Railways Company. Trespass for a wrongful ejectment from a street car. Before MacFarlane, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
On October 14, 1902, the plaintiff, who is a member of the Allegheny county bar, boarded, about eleven o’clock, p. M., a car of the Pittsburg Railways Company at Sharpsburg, going in the direction of his home, in the city of Pittsburg. He paid the usual fare of five cents, and at the intersection of Butler street and Penn avenue, received a transfer slip from the conductor, providing for passage over another division of the system, and then boarded another car going in the direction of his travel and delivered to that conductor his transfer ticket. At Center avenue and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dietrich v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
- Laird v. Pittsburg Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895