Yevsack v. Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 2, Jan. T., 1908, by' defendant, from judgment of O. P. Luzerne Co., Jan. T., 1905, No. 13, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Michael Yevsack v. The Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Lynch, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,391. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The defendant operates a double-track electric railroad eighteen miles in length between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Midvale, where the accident happened, is on the line of this road but it is not a regular stopping place. Cars stop there only on signal to take on or let off passengers. There is a platform on either side of the tracks, raised three or four inches above them. A plank walk twelve feet wide and twenty-three feet long, level with the tracks, extends from one platform to the other. Between the tracks there is a fence about four feet high which extends 130…
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