Black v. Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 254, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. Term, 1913, No. 53, in case of Eliza J. Black and Edward Black v. Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts appear in the following opinion by Bechtel, P. J.: This case was argued before the court in banc on a rule to strike off the nonsuit entered by the trial judge. It presents but one question, which is rather unique.
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Appeal, No. 254, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. Term, 1913, No. 53, in case of Eliza J. Black and Edward Black v. Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts appear in the following opinion by Bechtel, P. J.: This case was argued before the court in banc on a rule to strike off the nonsuit entered by the trial judge. It presents but one question, which is rather unique. The suit was an action of trespass brought by Eliza J. Black and Edward Black, her husband, against the defendant for injuries…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The Act of 1895 clearly barred the right of either of the plaintiffs to recover in this action, brought more than five years after the injuries to the wife were sustained, and the judgment is affirmed on the opinion of the learned court below refusing to take off the nonsuit.
Judgment affirmed.
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