Snyder v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 156, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from order of C. P. Blair Co., Oct. T., 1903, No. 753, striking off judgment on verdict and entering judgment n. o. v. in case of Minerva B. Snyder v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Assumpsit for death benefits. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Errors assigned were in striking off the judgment entered on the verdict and in entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff brought this action to recover the amount alleged to be due her as the beneficiary named in the certificate of her deceased husband, who had been an employee of the defendant company and a member of the “Voluntary Relief Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. ’ ’ The action was commenced in January, 1904, and was tried in November of the same year, resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $533, and judgment was regularly entered upon that verdict on September 9, 1909. The defendant by its attorneys, on March 16, 1910, presented a…
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