Jerko v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Co.

Opinion by

Me. Justice Walling,

This suit is the outgrowth of a crossing accident. Mahoning Street, extending through the Borough of Punxsutawney in an easterly and westerly direction, is crossed at grade and practically at right angles by the Walston branch of the defendant’s railroad, at what is known as the West End crossing. On the morning of July 6, 1920, plaintiff’s husband, Mike Jerko, with ten other men, was being conveyed easterly along this street in an autotruck, as a passenger for hire, by one George Armstrong. Five passengers were seated on each side of the truck and one sat in…