Hillebrecht v. Pittsburg Railways Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 190, April T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1910, No. 563, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Albert A. Hillebrecht v. Pittsburg Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Swearingen, P.. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $300. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 190, April T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1910, No. 563, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Albert A. Hillebrecht v. Pittsburg Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Swearingen, P.. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $300. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant. There is no duty resting upon the conductor to take steps to protect a passenger until such circumstances arise and are brought to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff was one of a party of about twenty-five persons who boarded one of the large interurban cars of the defendant company at Grove Station, between nine and ten o’clock on the night of July 5, 1910, for the purpose of returning to the city of Pittsburg. The members of the party had been holding a picnic in the country, on the Sunday afternoon in question, and had been drinking some beer, but the plaintiff testified that neither he nor any other member of the party was intoxicated. Ernest Becker and his father Charles Becker were members of the party in whose…
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