Standen v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 227, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1902, No. 430, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Henry G. Standen v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 227, Jan. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1902, No. 430, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Henry G. Standen v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Beitler, J. At the trial the plaintiff offered evidence which tended to show that on August 3,1901, she was injured at the Haverford station of the defendant by a sudden jolt and. start of the train when she was attempting to alight. Mrs. Standen lived with her husband at Haverford in a house connected with greenhouses in which her husband…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
We cannot agree with the defendant company, the appellant, that the court’s charge imposed on it the burden of explaining to the jury the manner in which the injuries to Mrs. *196Standen were received. What was said by the court interrogatively on the subject in that part of the charge was simply for the purpose of directing the. attention of the jury to the appellee’s contention that, as Mrs. Standen’s ribs were broken on the occasion of the accident, she was thrown off the steps of the car and did not step off while the car was in motion as claimed by the…
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