Herstine v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 287, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant from judgment of C. P. Northampton Go., Peb. T., 1890, No. 36, on verdict for plaintiff, George R. Horstine. Trespass for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 287, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant from judgment of C. P. Northampton Go., Peb. T., 1890, No. 36, on verdict for plaintiff, George R. Horstine. Trespass for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The charge of the court was as follows, by Schuyler, P. J.: “ This is an action by George R. Iierstine, plaintiff, against the Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., defendant, to recover damages for an injury which the plaintiff alleges he has sustained through the negligence of the defendant. It seems that, on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Williams,
The appellant, the defendant in the court below, is a common carrier. The plaintiff was, at the time of the alleged injury, a passenger upon one of the defendant’s trains. The train was at the time standing upon the east bound track a short distance below the station at South Bethlehem waiting for another car to be attached to it. This car, as the plaintiff alleges, was run out of a siding near by and allowed to drop *252by gravity down to, and against, the rear end of the train with such violence that his wife and himself were thrown forward from their seats…
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