Snyder v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 74, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Northumberland Co., May T., 1910, No. 261, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Catharine L. Snyder v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Assumpsit to recover death benefits. Before Auten, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The appellant, who was the plaintiff below, being the beneficiary last designated by her husband, who was a member of the relief association of the defendant company, brought suit against the said company in trespass, for the recovery of damages arising, as she claimed, out of the death of her husband, who was a conductor in its employ at the time of his death. Upon the trial of that cause, a judgment of nonsuit against the plaintiff was entered, which the court, upon motion duly made, refused to take off, from which judgment no appeal was taken. Before the time for…
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