Woodruff v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 43, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 198, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lucy B. Woodruff v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband.
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Appeal, No. 43, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1909, No. 198, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lucy B. Woodruff v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Fanning, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff’s, husband, John W. Woodruff, was killed on the evening of July 11, 1908, in the borough of Laceyville, Wyoming county, while crossing defendant’s track at a public streét called Church street. The facts relating to the accident are set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court.…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The single question raised by this appeal is whether the court should have withdrawn the case from the jury. The plaintiff’s husband was killed at night at a street crossing of the defendant’s road where there were three tracks. No one saw him struck by the engine, but a number of witnesses saw him walking towards the crossing and some when very near it. The first track from the side from which he approached was a siding, the second on which he was killed was used for west-bound trains, and the third for east-bound trains. The plaintiff produced testimony tending to show that the…
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