Blauvelt v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 297, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Susquehanna Co., April T., 1900, No. 131, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Palmira Blauvelt v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s son. Before Seable, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the deceased was a man thirty years old, and that he lived with his mother and helped to support her.
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Appeal, No. 297, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Susquehanna Co., April T., 1900, No. 131, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Palmira Blauvelt v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff’s son. Before Seable, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the deceased was a man thirty years old, and that he lived with his mother and helped to support her. The statement of claim stated the relationship between the parties. The circumstances of the accident are set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court. When the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mesteezat,
This case was most carefully and patiently tried by the learned judge of the court below. It was submitted to the jury in a charge, impartial, exceptionally clear and exhaustive. The negligence of the defendant company and that of the deceased were the questions presented for the consideration of the jury and were determined in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant filed twenty-nine reasons for a new trial, all of which were carfeully considered and dismissed by the learned trial judge in an opinion which fully vindicates his conclusions. We now have this ap*144peal…
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