Legal Opinion
Fawcett v. Monongahela Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 16, 1958No. Appeal, 244PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bell,. Plaintiff filed a complaint in assumpsit claiming $50,000 damages for lost wages and other benefits as a result of an unlawful discharge. Defendant filed preliminary objections. The lower Court sustained the preliminary objections with leave to plaintiff to amend within 30 days. Plaintiff filed an amendment to the complaint; defendant filed preliminary objections to plaintiff’s complaint as amended; the Court sustained the objections.
Plaintiff, a yardmaster for defendant Company, was dismissed, on January 16, 1956 after a hearing because he was “found guilty of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. KoppalSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Gardner v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Waldman v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Geary v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Darlington v. General ElectricSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Stumpp v. Stroudsburg Municipal AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Robinson v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- BALSBAUGH v. RowlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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