Legal Opinion

Zotter v. Lehigh Talley R. R.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 10, 1924No. Appeal, No. 164PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

Plaintiff’s husband was driving a milk wagon east on Gordon Street in the City of Allentown on a December morning before daylight. Gordon Street crosses at grade and at a rightangle the double track railroad of defendant which lies north and south. As the team was making the crossing of the tracks and when the wagon had passed over the west and was on the east one of them, it was struck by an engine drawing a caboose and plaintiff’s decedent was killed. Appellant’s action to recover damages resulted in a directed verdict against her in the court below.

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Anspach v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  2. Keiser v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  3. Greenwood v. Phil. W. & B. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
  4. Siever v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  5. Knox v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Company, United States of America v. Union Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
  2. Hartig v. American Ice Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Grimes v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Ealy v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Tull v. Baltimore & Ohio R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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