Brooks v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 378, Jan. T., 1906, by plaintiffs, from order of O. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1904, No. 4,136, refusing to take-off nonsuit in case of Edward Brooks, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of George W. Hamilton, and Clara Amelia Hamilton, his wife, v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Beitler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
On January 1, 1903, Clara Amelia Hamilton, one of the plaintiffs, was a passenger on the defendant company’s train leaving the Reading terminal in the city of Philadelphia about 6 o’clock in the evening. Her destination was Lafayette station at which the train was due about 6: 30 that evening. After the train left the station, the plaintiff surrendered her ticket to the conductor. The train did not stop at Lafayette station, and as it was passing, the plaintiff stepped to the door *3of the coach in which she was riding and told the brakeman that she desired to…
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