Nagle v. Allegheny Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 6. Case by Peter Nagle against the Allegheny Yalley Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s son through the alleged negligence of defendant. On the 4th day of November 1875, Jacob Nagle, son of the plaintiff, a lad of fourteen years, was employed in the steel-works of Messrs. Reese, Graff & Woods, on Thirty-second street, in the city of Pittsburgh.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 6. Case by Peter Nagle against the Allegheny Yalley Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s son through the alleged negligence of defendant. On the 4th day of November 1875, Jacob Nagle, son of the plaintiff, a lad of fourteen years, was employed in the steel-works of Messrs. Reese, Graff & Woods, on Thirty-second street, in the city of Pittsburgh. The Allegheny Yalley Railroad Company had a lateral track laid for the accommodation of the steel company, from their…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
It was conceded upon the argument that if the deceased boy, Jacob Nagle, had been an adult, the defendant corporation would not have been responsible for his death, for the reason that it was the result of his own rashness in attempting to cross the track immediately in front of the locomotive. At the time of the unfortunate accident, which resulted in his death, he was employed in the steel works of Messrs. Reese, Grraff & Woods, on Thirty-second street, in the city of Pittsburgh. The Allegheny Railroad Company had a lateral track for the accommodation of the steel company, from their main…
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