Pennsylvania Railroad v. Henderson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana county, in which this was an action on the ease by Catharine Henderson, the widow of Joseph A. Henderson, and John F. Henderson and others, children of said Joseph, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for causing the death of said Joseph.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana county, in which this was an action on the ease by Catharine Henderson, the widow of Joseph A. Henderson, and John F. Henderson and others, children of said Joseph, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for causing the death of said Joseph. The declaration alleged that, on the request of the company and in consideration that Henderson would engage to transport certain live-stock from Indiana to Philadelphia on their railroad, and to take a seat in their cars to Philadelphia for a reasonable reward, the company agreed to. convey him and his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Read, J.
— This case was before the court in 1862, and is reported in I Wright 449. The court reversed the judgment below for errors in the charge in answering the third, fourth and fifth points of the defendant, and the chief justice said: “ We cannot say that the defendant’s sixth point ought to have been affirmed, because we do not perceive that the mere fact of going towards a moving train without leave is carelessness, nor are we convinced that there is any other error on the record.” This decision disposes of the first, second, third, sixth and…
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