Williams v. Monongahela Connecting Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 82, Oct. T., 1908, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1904, No. 237, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William R. Williams v. Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $3,029. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 82, Oct. T., 1908, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1904, No. 237, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William R. Williams v. Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $3,029. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned amongst others were in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
Appellee was not an employee of appellant company. He was a freight conductor of the transporting railroad company which in making up its train used the line of the defendant railroad company. The engine on the pilot of which he was riding at the time of the accident belonged to the transporting railroad company. The appellant had constructed a short line of railroad to connect the tracks of the transporting railroad with the furnaces from which the finished product was taken out and to which raw materials and other freight were carried in. The only duty resting…
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