Citro v. Director General of Railroads
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 96, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1919, No. 1996, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Katherine Citro v. Walker D. Hines, Director General.of Railroads, operating Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Co. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Kline, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $9,253.50. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 96, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1919, No. 1996, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Katherine Citro v. Walker D. Hines, Director General.of Railroads, operating Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Co. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Kline, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $9,253.50. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was refusal of judgment for defendant n. o. v., quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The station of the defendant company at Leetsdale is on the north side of four tracks, running east and west. On February 9, 1919, at about ten o’clock p. m., the husband of the plaintiff, after waiting at the station until a westbound freight train had passed on the second track, started to cross over to the south side of the tracks, and, when on the fourth, was struck by a rapidly moving eastbound express train and instantly killed. On this *51appeal from the judgment on the verdict in favor of his widow, the contention of the defendant company is that its motion for judgment n. o.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hugo v. Baltimore & Ohio R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
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