Glassmeyer v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The plaintiff appeals from a verdict directed by the court in favor of the defendant. The complaint shows that the plaintiff, a commuter on the defendant’s road while waiting to board a train at the defendant’s station, was negligently injured by reason of the improper operation of the defendant’s train known as the “preference freight,” or because of the improper maintenance of the tracks and roadbed on which the freight train was running.

The plaintiff proved that his injuries were occasioned by the derailment of part of the “preference freight” and by the demolishment of the railroad…