Ewing v. Pittsb. C. & St. L. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 293, Oct. T., 1891, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1891, No. 1048, for defendants on demurrer. Trespass by Samuel T. Ewing and Eva Ewing, his wife, in right of said wife, against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company.
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Appeal, No. 293, Oct. T., 1891, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1891, No. 1048, for defendants on demurrer. Trespass by Samuel T. Ewing and Eva Ewing, his wife, in right of said wife, against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. The plaintiffs filed the following statement of claim: “ Samuel T. Ewing and Eva Ewing, his wife, who sue in the right of said Eva, .... complain of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati &' St. Louis Railway Company, now styled the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, defendant in this…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The wrong of which the plaintiff Eva Ewing complains, was a collision of cars upon the railway of the defendant company, in consequence of which the cars “ were broken, overturned, and thrown from the track, and fell upon the lot of ground and premises of the plaintiffs, and against and upon the dwelling-house of plaintiffs, and thereby and by reason thereof, greatly endangered the life of the said Eva Ewing, then being in said dwelling-house, and subjected her to great fright, alarm, fear, and nervous excitement and distress, whereby she then and there became sick and disabled,…
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