Saxton v. Pittsburg Railways Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 95 and 96, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1905, No. 824, in case of B. H. Saxton, suing in his own right and as next friend of B. H. Saxton, Jr., v. Pittsburg Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts of the case. Verdict and judgment for B. II. Saxton, Jr., for $3,000 and for B. II. Saxton, $1,500. Defendant appealed.
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Appeals, Nos. 95 and 96, Oct. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1905, No. 824, in case of B. H. Saxton, suing in his own right and as next friend of B. H. Saxton, Jr., v. Pittsburg Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts of the case. Verdict and judgment for B. II. Saxton, Jr., for $3,000 and for B. II. Saxton, $1,500. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1, 2) in submitting the case to the jury, and (3-6) in refusing to withdraw a juror and continue the case because…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The first two assignments of error relate to the right of the plaintiffs to recover. They cannot be sustained. The boy injured was five years and three weeks of age. While the defendant’s car was standing at a crossing, he got on a step of the front platform. The platform was entirely closed by wooden doors with glass windows in the upper panels. He took hold of a horizontal bar fastened to the woodwork of the door a few inches below the glass. He testified that after the car was in motion the motorman looked through the glass and saw him and shook the door and…
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