Pennsylvania Co. v. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern -District of Ohio; D. C. Westenhaver, Judge. Actions by Blanche Clark and by Herbert T. Clark against the Pennsylvania Company. There were judgments for the plaintiffs, and defendant in each case brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Mrs. Clark, while a passenger for hire on the Pennsylvania Company’s train, was injured by the collision of the engine with a large boulder which had become detached from a high embankment closely adjoining the track and had fallen upon or close to the track, thereby causing the derailment of the greater part of the train. She sued to recover damages for her personal injuries. Her husband also sued for loss of services and expenses incurred and paid by him on account of the injury to his wife. The suits were consolidated and tried together, and there was verdict and…
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