Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Reading Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 13, 1929No. Appeal 56PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Plaintiff got a verdict in an action of trespass. The court below entered judgment non obstante veredicto in favor of the defendant. A review of the evidence, in the light most favorable to plaintiff, fails to convince us that the court erred.

Plaintiff, a passenger on defendant’s railroad from Philadelphia to Phoenixville, her home, arrived at her destination about 5:56 o’clock in the evening of October 30, 1925, in a snowstorm. It had snowed continuously since 7:45 o’clock in the morning, and did not stop until several hours after her arrival. The temperature had begun…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fearn v. West Jersey Ferry Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  2. Sutton v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  3. Flemming v. Southern Pennsylvania Traction Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Moore v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939

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