Pennsylvania Railroad v. Zebe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Westmoreland county. This was an action on the case brought by Nicholas Zebe and Elizabeth Zebe his wife, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries which resulted in the death of their minor son Peter Zebe. The case was tried at August Term 1868, when there was a verdict and judgment in favour of plaintiff, for $1500 damages, and costs.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Westmoreland county. This was an action on the case brought by Nicholas Zebe and Elizabeth Zebe his wife, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries which resulted in the death of their minor son Peter Zebe. The case was tried at August Term 1868, when there was a verdict and judgment in favour of plaintiff, for $1500 damages, and costs. The case was then removed into this court by defendant; where the judgment of the court below was reversed, and a venire de novo awarded. (See 9 Casey 318.) At November Term 1859, the case was again…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
When this case was before us two years ago, we endeavoured to state the reciprocal duties and obligations of carriers and passengers on railroads: that the law implied a duty on the part of the former to provide “ a safe and sufficient road and cars, competent and careful conductors and agents, and safe and convenient means of egress and regress to and from the line of their road;” and on the part of the latter, “to assent to all the company’s reasonable rules and regulations, for entering, occupying, and leaving the cars,” and as…
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