Paul v. Atlantic Refining Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

This suit by William E. Paul, the original plaintiff, against the Atlantic Refining Company, defendant, for personal injuries, resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff and the defendant has appealed.

The Reading Company’s double track railroad, extending southerly from Williamsport, is crossed at grade by Water Street about a quarter of a mile north of Muncy Station. On the morning of August 24, 1929, as one of defendant’s large motor tank trucks was being driven westerly over the tracks at this crossing, by an employee of defendant, it was struck by the…