Boulden v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1901, No. 2869, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Kate R. Boulden, Administratrix of Frank R. Boulden, Deceased, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of Frank R. Boulden.
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Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1901, No. 2869, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Kate R. Boulden, Administratrix of Frank R. Boulden, Deceased, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of Frank R. Boulden. Before Davis, J. At the trial the court overruled an offer of defendant’s counsel to prove by John C. Van Rodan, and by the documents by him to be produced, that Frank R. Boulden, the decedent, to recover for whose death the said action was brought, was a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
Frank R. Boulden, a resident of New Jersey, was seriously injured in a collision between two trains while being carried on the defendant company’s road as a passenger between Camden and Trenton in that state, on February 21, 1901, and as a result of which injuries lie died two days thereafter. He left to survive him a widow and a mother, both residing in New Jersey, where letters of administration on his estate were duly granted to his widow, Kate R. Boulden. No administration was raised in this state. It was admitted that the collision in which Boulden was…
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