Legal Opinion

Miller v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 19, 1927No. Appeal, 162PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Maud Miller was a passenger on a Lehigh Valley Railroad train and was injured while alighting at the station of Sayre. She averred, in her statement, that the railroad company was guilty of negligence in not providing a proper and safe place for passengers to alight. The train had reached the regular station. Because of the length of the train, the baggage car and other passenger cars immediately ahead would not permit the car on which plaintiff was riding to be opposite the platform, the regular unloading place for passengers; instead, it was stopped 125 feet to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Railroad v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
  2. Scanlon v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  3. Johnston v. Director GeneralSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Low v. Harrisburg Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Shapiro v. Yellow Cab Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. Hildebrand v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Needle v. Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1952

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