Case v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 136, Jan. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Columbia Co., Feb. T., 1895, No. 56, on verdict for defendant. Trespass for personal injuries alleged to have been negligently caused by defendant. Before Herring, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned among others was above instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Stebbett,
This action, brought by the plaintiff in her own right to recover damages for personal injuries negligently caused by the defendant company, was consolidated with a similar action brought by her husband, and both were tried together under the provisions of the act of May 8,1895. At the close of the trial, the case was withdrawn from the jury and a verdict directed for defendant in the following brief charge:
“We will affirm the first point of the defendant which makes it unnecessary to dispose of the rest. All the points of the plaintiff, involving the…
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