Green v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 182 and 183, Jan. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 4,066, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of John S. Green and Buelah May Green, his wife, v. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before von Moschzisker, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 182 and 183, Jan. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1901, No. 4,066, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of John S. Green and Buelah May Green, his wife, v. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before von Moschzisker, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for John S. Green for $2,500 and for Benlah May Green for $5,000, subject to question of law reserved. The court subsequently entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto. Error assigned…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by;
Mr. Justice Fell,
Buelah M. Green, one of the plaintiffs, was injured by falling in the defendant’s station. She and her husband had been passengers on the defendant’s train and arrived in Philadelphia at midnight. They walked from the train-shed to the waiting room of the station and then proceeded along the central passageway in the direction indicated by a sign board towards steps which led to the street. The station was large and wéll lighted. The passageway was thirty-five feet in length and eight or ten feet in width, and on either side of it there was a row of seats facing…
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