Greb v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 230, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June Term, 1904, No. 975, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Theodore F. Greb v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover for personal injuries. Before Brown, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 230, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June Term, 1904, No. 975, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Theodore F. Greb v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover for personal injuries. Before Brown, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows: [The plaintiffs in this action allege that while leaving the train and passing along the railway platform an unprovoked assault was made upon them by the conductors or the agents of the railway company, If that be the fact, namely, an…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This and the succeeding case are appeals from judgments in favor of Theodore F. Greb and Frank J. Greb. The cases were tried together. The plaintiffs in company with their brother Philip were passengers on the defendant’s train from Swissvale to certain stations in Pittsburg. On reaching Wilkinsburg, the next station after Swissvale, there was some trouble over a ticket which Philip presented to the conductor, the result of which was that Philip was put off the train against the protests and objections of the plaintiffs. The train then proceeded on its way, and when it…
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