Hunt v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from the Court of Nisi Prius. This was an action on the case by Louisa Hunt, for herself and Lydia Hunt, a minor, against The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for negligence in causing the death of Daniel Hunt, the husband of the plaintiff. On September 24th 1864, the defendants were erecting a building on Market -street west of Fifteenth street, Philadelphia ; the building extended back to Filbert street.
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Certificate from the Court of Nisi Prius. This was an action on the case by Louisa Hunt, for herself and Lydia Hunt, a minor, against The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for negligence in causing the death of Daniel Hunt, the husband of the plaintiff. On September 24th 1864, the defendants were erecting a building on Market -street west of Fifteenth street, Philadelphia ; the building extended back to Filbert street. The deceased was engaged as a rigger in hoisting heavy iron rafters designed for the support of the roof. Hunt’s business was to raise the rafters to their places, but he had…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
We agree with our brother who tried this cause at Nisi Prius, that the true interpretation of the contract between the railroad company and Allison, the contractor, did not make the company liable for the manner in which he performed his work. The word instructions used in the agreement, referred to the kind of structure, design, materials, combinations and all matters pertaining to the planning of the building to be erected. But as to the mode of accomplishing the work which the contractors undertook, he was left to his own skill and…
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