Legal Opinion
Walker v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 5, 1942No. Appeal 189PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Baldrige, J.,
This appeal involves the interpretation of the Act of Assembly of July 21, 1941, P. L. 425, 28 PS §416.1, which regulates payment of compensation to witnesses and taxation thereof as costs. The principal facts are not in dispute. Most of them have been agreed upon in a stipulation entered into by both parties.
The plaintiff brought an action of trespass in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia against the defendant railroad company to recover damages arising from a grade crossing accident occurring in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The case was listed for trial and…
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