Keator v. Scranton Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 384, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1895, No. 286, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 384, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1895, No. 286, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court, and by the opinon of McPherson, J., of the 12th judicial district, specially presiding, on a motion for a new trial, which was as follows: At the trial of this case, when the time arrived for the charge of the court, it was clear that the plaintiff’s right to recover might rest upon either of two grounds. She might have been a passenger under the defendant’s care; and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Dean,
Appellant operates two lines of electric passenger cars running out from the city of Scranton, one north, the other south; *110the terminus of the one running north was at the comer of Penn and Lackawanna avenues; of that running south, in front of the Wyoming House, a block distant; the company provided a continuous passage on both lines by transfer tickets. On August 30, 1894, Susan Keator, plaintiff, got upon a car of- the north line' to go to Mountain Lake, a pleasure resort on the south line. She paid her fare, and when the car stopped at the comer of Penn and…
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