Carroll v. Pa. Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Errors, Nos. 257 and 260, Jan. T.- 188Y, to C. P. "Wayne Co., to review judgments entered on verdicts for defendants in actions on the case by Catharine Carroll and Mary A. Corbett against the Pa. Coal Co., to recover damaged for the deaths of their respective husbands through the alleged negligence of the defendant, at March T. 1885, No. Y8, and Oct. T.: 1885, No. 1Y5. Green, J., absent at argument; Trunkey and Clark, JJ., absent at reargument.
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Errors, Nos. 257 and 260, Jan. T.- 188Y, to C. P. "Wayne Co., to review judgments entered on verdicts for defendants in actions on the case by Catharine Carroll and Mary A. Corbett against the Pa. Coal Co., to recover damaged for the deaths of their respective husbands through the alleged negligence of the defendant, at March T. 1885, No. Y8, and Oct. T.: 1885, No. 1Y5. Green, J., absent at argument; Trunkey and Clark, JJ., absent at reargument. The cases were tried together, by agreement, before Seely, P. J. The facts are stated as follows in defendant’s paper book: ,1 On Nov. 24, 1884,…
1Opinion of the Court
Green, J.,
These two cases were tried before the same jury by agreement of the parties, and, on the trial, after all the testimony was closed, the court below directed verdicts to be entered in favor of the defendant in each case. The learned judge was of opinion that, upon the plaintiff’s testimony, a case of contributory negligence was developed, and that therefore no recovery could be had, and so instructed the jury. A careful examination of the evidence given on the trial satisfies us that there was no error in this action. The dangerous condition of the track upon which the coal cars were…
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