Pennsylvania R. v. Sellers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EEEOE TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE PEEEY COUNTY. No. 96 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 29 April Term 1886, C. P. On March 6, 1886, Mary J. Sellers brought case against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries to her husband, George W. Sellers, resulting in his death, charged to the negligence of the defendant company’s employees. Issue.
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EEEOE TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE PEEEY COUNTY. No. 96 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 29 April Term 1886, C. P. On March 6, 1886, Mary J. Sellers brought case against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries to her husband, George W. Sellers, resulting in his death, charged to the negligence of the defendant company’s employees. Issue. At the trial on January 19, 1888, the facts made to appear were in substance as follows : On November 29, 1885, George W. Sellers, the plaintiff’s husband, while passing over a public crossing of a railroad…
1Per curiam
It is not disputed that the accident, by means of which George W. Sellers lost his life, occurred in the yard of the Northern Central Railway Company, at Marysville, upon the track of the said company, and from one of its shifting engines. This suit was brought against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company by the widow of said Sellers, to recover compensation for his death, upon the ground that it was caused by the negligence of the last-named company. There was no evidence that said company was either owner or lessee of the Northern Central Railway. There was some evidence tending to show that…
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