Legal Opinion

Mellon Et Ux. v. Lehigh Valley R. R.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 26, 1924No. Appeal, 60PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Walling,

This action by husband and wife is for personal injuries to the latter, to whom we will refer as plaintiff. Ridge Street, extending through the Borough of West Easton in a northerly and southerly direction, is crossed at grade, and practically at right angles, by a track of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, defendant. At about seven o’clock on the morning of July 10, 1921, the plaintiff, who resided south of the track, came to the crossing on her way to church, and observing an engine and tender (herein called “the train”) approaching the crossing from the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Hoag v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
  2. Howarth v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. Boggs v. Jewell Tea Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  4. Thomas v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  5. Cubitt v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Muehlhof v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Anstine v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Tanzi v. New York Central R. Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Kotlikoff v. Master, Admrx.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Haller v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931

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