Legal Opinion

Durst v. Carnegie Steel Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 6, 1896No. Appeal, No. 253PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal, No. 253, Oct. T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Go., March T., 1894, No. 570, entering nonsuit. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.

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Appeal, No. 253, Oct. T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Go., March T., 1894, No. 570, entering nonsuit. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Slagle, J. At the trial the court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off, filing the following opinion by which the facts appear: This was an action to recover damages from the death of Andrew Durst, the husband of plaintiff, who was an employee of defendants, and lost his life by the fall of an embankment of earth into a ditch, which he was engaged with others in digging…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The opinion of the learned court below on the motion to take off.the nonsuit is so full, clear and convincing, that for the reasons there stated, and upon the authorities cited, we affirm the judgment in this case.

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. Langhorne v. SimingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  2. Smith's Admr. v. North Jellico Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
  3. Armour & Co. v. DumasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
  4. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. TownesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  5. Brown v. People's Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1908

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