Ayers v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 94, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Washington Go., May T., 1901, No. 19, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Ayers v. Pitts-burg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $4,166.6,6. Defendant appealed. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
The plaintiff, a day laborer in the village of Burgetstown, Washington county, left his home about 7 o’clock on the morning of August 18, 1900, to go to his place of work. To reach his destination he took his way along Washington, one of the principal streets of the village, which is crossed at right angles by the two tracks of the defendant railroad company; the street is a much traveled one both by those outside the town and those in it. Ayers was about sixty-two years of age, physically active, with senses of sight and hearing unimpaired. The railroad company…
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