Confer v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 212, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Centre Co., April T., 1901, No. 112, entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of G. J. Confer v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Love, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,000. The court entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
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Appeal, No. 212, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Centre Co., April T., 1901, No. 112, entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of G. J. Confer v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Love, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,000. The court entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potteb,
On the morning of October 27, 1900, the plaintiff was injured at a grade crossing of the public highway, on the tracks of the defendant company in the borough of Howard, Centre county; He was driving southward along the main street of the borough in a spring wagon drawn by two horses. At the point where the accident occurred the street crosses three parallel tracks, the northernmost two being sidings, and the third the main track of the railroad. The three tracks have a total width of twenty-eight feet from the outer rail to outer rail.
*427The plaintiff testified that…
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