Kleckner v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 91, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from final order of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1914, No1. 624, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Elizabeth Kleckner y. The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Carman, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 91, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from final order of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1914, No1. 624, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Elizabeth Kleckner y. The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Carman, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in refusing to take off the nonsuit. The case was for the jury: Clase v. Philadelphia, 169 Pa. 488; Danko v. Pittsburgh Rys. Co., 230 Pa.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This action is for personal injuries caused by reason of an alleged dangerous sidewalk at a grade crossing. East Market street crosses the tracks of the defendant at grade in the City of Wilkes-Barre; and about ten o’clock on the evening of January 10, 1914, plaintiff while walking across the tracks fell and was injured by slipping upon ice. Defendant had there a double track *463and the ice was a piece about one and one-half feet in length, one foot in width and two inches high, and located between the rails of the first track and within the lines of the walk.…
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