Barre v. Reading City Pass. Ry.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 323, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of 0. P. Berks Co., June T., 1889, No. 54, on verdict for plaintiff, Elizabeth Barre, by her next friend. Trespass for personal injuries. At the trial, before Endlich, J., it appeared that plaintiff, a child between eleven and twelve years of age, was run over by a car on defendant’s railway, receiving personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 323, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of 0. P. Berks Co., June T., 1889, No. 54, on verdict for plaintiff, Elizabeth Barre, by her next friend. Trespass for personal injuries. At the trial, before Endlich, J., it appeared that plaintiff, a child between eleven and twelve years of age, was run over by a car on defendant’s railway, receiving personal injuries. She and two companions, aged between eleven and twelve, testified, in substance, that they were all coming from school; that plaintiff got upon the front platform of the car while it was in motion, having hold of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
This case involved questions of, fact upon which plaintiff’s right to recover depended. Those questions were fairly submitted to the jury in a clear and comprehensive charge to which no exception appears to have been taken. By necessary implication, the verdict establishes the fact that the severe injury sustained by plaintiff, under the wheels of defendant company’s car., resulted solely from the negligence of the driver in rudety forcing her from the front platform of the car while it was in motion. The evidence tended to show that plaintiff jumped upon the lower step of the…
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