Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Pennsylvania Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio

Decided May 9, 1892No. 4,767PublishedCited by 15 opinions

At Law. Action by Sarah E. Taylor against the Pennsylvania Company to recover damages for personal injuries. A verdict was rendered for $5,500, and defendant now moves for a new trial.

1Opinion of the Court

Ricks, District Judge.

The ’«intifi' instituted this suit to recover *756damages for a serious injury sustained by her in the Union Depot in Pittsburgh, while she was about to pass out of one of the exit gates through which passengers were required to go to reach the cars. The depot was under the control of the defendant company, and the plaintiff, when injured, was a passenger going to the train which was operated by the defendant, and destined for Niles, Ohio, where she resided. She had purchased an excursion ticket on that day good for one trip from Niles to Pittsburgh and return, and with a…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. Davis v. South Side Elevated RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Schwartzman v. LloydCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
  3. Pere Marquette Railroad v. StrangeIndiana Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Dilley v. Baltimore Transit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
  5. Atlantic Greyhound Lines v. LovettSupreme Court of Florida · 1938

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