North Pennsylvania Railroad v. Heileman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of trespass on the case by Christopher Heileman against The North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries to his person and property, by reason of a collision on the defendants’ road.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of trespass on the case by Christopher Heileman against The North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries to his person and property, by reason of a collision on the defendants’ road. The material facts of the case were these : — On the morning of December 15th 1863, the plaintiff was coming down Dauphin street towards the North Pennsylvania Railroad, which crosses that street at right angles. He was driving on his usual route, in a baker’s wagon with closed sides. The morning was drizzly. He was sitting…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
The plaintiff sued for an injury to himself and his property, caused, as he alleged, by the negligence of the defendants. It was the result of a collision. The accident occurred at the intersection of the defendants’ railroad with Dauphin street, along which the plaintiff was driving a horse attached to a covered wagon. At the crossing a regular passenger train on t'he railroad came into contact with the horse and wagon, in consequence, as was averred, of the carelessness of the defendants’ agents. Whether there was such carelessness *63was…
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