Penn. R. v. Bell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OR COMMON PLEAS OR LANCASTER COUNTY. ■ No. 185 July Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 28 December Term 1884, C. P. On December 1, 1884, an action in case was brought by Maria E. Bell against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries to her husband John Bell, resulting in his death, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant company.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OR COMMON PLEAS OR LANCASTER COUNTY. ■ No. 185 July Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 28 December Term 1884, C. P. On December 1, 1884, an action in case was brought by Maria E. Bell against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries to her husband John Bell, resulting in his death, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant company. At the trial on April 23, 1887, the facts made to appear were in substance as follows : On Monday, January 21, 1884, John Bell, the plaintiff’s husband, and Robert Gibson, took the 9:10 p. M.…
1Opinion of the Court
OprNioisr,
Mr. Justice Gbeen:
We think this case comes clearly within our decision in the case of Carroll v. Penn. R. Co., 12 W. N. 348. We there held that a person who was about to cross a railroad track, stepped upon the track and was struck by a passing engine, could not recover, although he testified that before stepping on the track he stopped and looked and listened, but neither saw nor heard any approaching train. Other witnesses for the plaintiff testified that they saw the approaching train which struck the plaintiff, and that he could have seen it from where he said he stopped and…
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