Crist v. Director General of Railroads
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Crawford County
Motion to take off compulsory non-suit, and rule for new trial. C. P. Crawford Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 59.
1Opinion of the Court
PRATHER, P. J.,
Plaintiff’s husband was killed on the tracks of the defendant company Jan. 9, 1918, at about 9 o’clock P. M., at or near a grade crossing, the intersection of Poplar Street -with defendant’s tracks, by an engine backing down southwardly.
The facts presented at the trial touching decedent’s employment and whereabouts on this evening immediately prior to the accident, and the probable course of travel to his home, are substantially these:
Decedent was an engineer on defendant’s railroad, and lived in the village of Kerrtown, somewhat southward of the City of Meadville. On the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Welsh v. Erie & Wyoming Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Grant v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Terry v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Gallagher v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Sydney v. LintonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907