Whitehouse v. Pittsburg Railways Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 169, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1904, No. 482, on verdict' for plaintiff in case of Benjamin Whitehouse and Elizabeth Whitehouse v. Pittsburg Railways Company. ■ Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brown, P. J. The fact's are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for' plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 169, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1904, No. 482, on verdict' for plaintiff in case of Benjamin Whitehouse and Elizabeth Whitehouse v. Pittsburg Railways Company. ■ Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brown, P. J. The fact's are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for' plaintiff. Defendant appealed. ' Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant. •
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
This was an action of trespass brought by the plaintiffs against the Pittsburg Railways Company to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the wife. The verdict returned by the jury was in favor of the husband, $393, and in favor of the wife for $107.
The wife was a passenger on the car of the defendant company, accompanied by her father and her mother-in-law. In attempting to get off the front end of the car, while in the act of stepping down incumbered by her year and eight months old babe, she took hold of the hand rail on the side of the car, for the purpose…
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