Blight v. Camden etc. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 257 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. On August 25, 1888, “ Charles P. Blight, administrator of George Leightheisel, deceased, to the use of John Leightheisel, and Mary Leightheisel, parents of deceased, and Mary Leightheisel, his sister,”* brought trespass against the Camden & Atlantic Railroad Company. Issue.
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No. 257 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not shown. On August 25, 1888, “ Charles P. Blight, administrator of George Leightheisel, deceased, to the use of John Leightheisel, and Mary Leightheisel, parents of deceased, and Mary Leightheisel, his sister,”* brought trespass against the Camden & Atlantic Railroad Company. Issue. At the trial on October 20, 1890, the plaintiff adduced testimony showing that on August 5, 1888, about five o’clock in the afternoon, George Leightheisel, the deceased, and one Charles Schad were about to cross the railroad track of defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Green:
This is another instance in which a person stepped upon a railroad track in front of an approaching locomotive, and was instantly struck and killed. A companion of the deceased was with him at the time, and succeeded in getting across the track in time to avoid a collision. He testified that when they were approaching the track they “ stopped to see whether any train was coming. Leightheisel was right alongside of me. We looked down towards Atlantic City; we could not see any train. We did not hear any whistle blown or bell rung. I then started, and ran across the…
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