Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, &c., Co. v. Collins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 207. Case by Mary Collins and her children against the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, operating said railroad, to recover damages for the death of their husband and father, James Collins, who, it was alleged, was killed by the defendant’s cars. Collins was found dead on the tracks of the defendants’ railroad.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 207. Case by Mary Collins and her children against the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, operating said railroad, to recover damages for the death of their husband and father, James Collins, who, it was alleged, was killed by the defendant’s cars. Collins was found dead on the tracks of the defendants’ railroad. The point at which the body was found was not a public crossing, A train had just passed before it was found, and it was evident it…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
On the evening of November 9th 1876, James Collins was found dead on the tracks of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company, in the city of Allegheny. An engine and two cars had just passed when he was found, and it seems clear from the evidence that one or both of the cars, and possibly the engine, had passed over him and inflicted injuries of which he died the same evening. This suit was brought in the court below by the widow and minor children of the deceased to recover damages for his death, upon the ground that it was occasioned by the negligence of the railway company.
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