Hojecki v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Lewis, Hojecki, a minor, was injured by falling beneath the car of a freight train operated by the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, and actions to recover damages were instituted by his father, on behalf of himself as well as next friend for his son. Binding instructions were directed in favor of the defendant at the close of plaintiffs’ case, and it is of this action that complaint is now made on appeal. The refusal of certain offers of evidence is also assigned as error.

Penn Street in the Borough of Phoenixville ends at the right|-of-way of the railroad,…