Thayne v. Scranton Traction Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 26, Jan. T., 1898, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 930, on verdict for plaintiff. Smith and Orlady, JJ., dissent. Trespass. Before Searle, P. J., of the 34th judicial district, specially presiding. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $850. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was refusal of binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff, a man of fifty-six years, was a passenger on a *448closed car of the defendant company. He admits that he took a position on the back platform, with knowledge that there were vacant seats within the car. He stood holding to a metal rod which protected the back window when a collision occurred. The effect of the collision was to throw the plaintiff first forwards and then backwards, causing him to strike the iron dashboard with his back and to fall over the dashboard into the street, whereby he claims to have sustained injuries to his back and to his bladder.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Thirteenth & Fifteenth Street Passenger Railway v. BoudrouSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Creed v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. LangdonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Bard v. Pennsylvania Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Lehigh Valley Railroad v. GreinerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Renney v. Webster, Monessen, Bellevernon & Fayette City Street Railway Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912