Greenwood v. Phil. W. & B. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON COUNTY. PLEAS OE DELAWARE No. 213 January Term, 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 107 September Term 1887, C. P. On September 17, 1887, a summons issued in an action by Paul C. Greenwood against the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries received and charged to the alleged negligence of the defendant company. Issue.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON COUNTY. PLEAS OE DELAWARE No. 213 January Term, 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 107 September Term 1887, C. P. On September 17, 1887, a summons issued in an action by Paul C. Greenwood against the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries received and charged to the alleged negligence of the defendant company. Issue. At the trial on September 26, 1888, the essential facts appearing were as follows: In March, 1887, the plaintiff for a short time had been a member of a fire company in the city of Chester, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chiee Justice Panson:
The plaintiff brought this action in the court below to recover damages for injuries received by him, and which he claims were caused by the negligence of the defendant company. The court below gave a binding instruction to the jury to find for the defendant. Under such circumstances, we must assume not only that all of the plaintiff’s testimony is true, but that he is entitled to every inference fairly to be drawn from it.
The facts of the case, as we gather them from the evidence, may be briefly stated as follows: The .plaintiff was’ a member of the Hanley…
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