Baran v. Reading Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 323, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Montour Co., Oct. T., 1897, No. 60, on verdict for defendant in casé of Joseph Baran and Margareta Baran, his Wife, v. Reading Iron Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Little, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on October 8, 1896, plaintiff’s infant daughter, aged about six months, was killed by the explosion of one of the boilers in the defendant’s iron mill.
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Appeal, No. 323, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Montour Co., Oct. T., 1897, No. 60, on verdict for defendant in casé of Joseph Baran and Margareta Baran, his Wife, v. Reading Iron Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Little, P. J. At the trial it appeared that on October 8, 1896, plaintiff’s infant daughter, aged about six months, was killed by the explosion of one of the boilers in the defendant’s iron mill. One of the pieces of the boiler was carried into plaintiff’s house, and killed the child when it was in bed. When Frank Hutchinson, a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
In support of the averments of negligence testimony was introduced at the trial to show that the boiler which exploded was not properly supported, and that it was imprudently allowed to cool while connected with other boilers which were in full operation. Offers were then made to prove that after the accident a boiler used to replace the one that exploded was supported in a different manner, and that an employee in charge of the boilers in the mill received instructions from the defendant company thereafter to disconnect boilers from the steam main when the fires…
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