Legal Opinion

Haughey v. Pittsburg Railways Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 31, 1904No. 2; Appeal, No. 173PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal, No. 173, Oct. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 151, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Mary A. Haughey, Marie J. Haughey and Loretta Haughey v. Pitts-burg Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiffs’ father. Before Brown, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Mestrezat,

Patrick Haughey, the husband of Mary A. Haughey and the father of Marie J. Haughey and Loretta Haughey, the plaintiffs, was seriously injured by a collision with one of appellee’s electric cars on Fifth avenue in the city of McKeesport, and shortly thereafter died- Ah action was brought against the *368appellee company, the defendant below, and in the plaintiffs’ statement it is set forth that “ Mary A. Haughey, widow, and Marie J. Haughey, a minor of the age of thirteen years, and Loretta Haughey, a minor of the age of nine years, by their next friend, W. W.…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Swope v. Keystone Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  2. McFadden v. MaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Fuller v. PalazzoloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Wilcox v. Warren Construction Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Miller v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917

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