Berryman v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 38, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 130, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William H. Berryman v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Hart, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $4,750. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in the refusal of binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
Assuming, as we must, that the facts are as testified to by the plaintiff, the case may be stated thus: Plaintiff had been a passenger on the defendant company’s road, traveling from Wilmerding to Pitcairn on the night of October 30, 1907, in company with one Boyer. He had gone from his home in Pitcairn to Wilmerding that day to hunt, and on his return brought his gun with him. Bledsoe, a policeman or patrolman in the employ of the defendant company, with one Reed, also a patrolman in the same service, boarded the same train at Wilmer-ding, and occupied the same…
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