Ferencz v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Schaffee,

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the death of her husband, who was struck by a street car of defendant as he was crossing its single track on Duquesne Avenue in the Borough of Duquesne. From judgment entered on a verdict in plaintiff’s favor defendant appeals.

Duquesne Avenue, which runs North and South, is parallel and adjacent to the right-of-way of the Pennsylvania Railroad, upon which there are four tracks. The distance between the easterly rail of the street railway track and the westerly rail of the first track of the railroad is 9…