Tharp v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

Plaintiff’s husband was struck by a train while crossing the tracks of defendant company at Jeannette Station, and received injuries from which he died.

At the station there are four tracks running east and west, with platforms along the north and south sides thereof which were connected, at the time of the accident, by a plank crossing. While described by witnesses as a “baggage crossing” there was evidence that this plank way across the tracks was frequently used by passengers and other persons, without interference by defendant’s employees. There is a highway…