Boyle v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bok,

These two appeals involve a runaway boxcar which had been left by defendant on a siding leading from the track of a local spur of the defendant’s railroad. It struck two automobiles in its course and the people who were in them were injured and brought suit. In one case Mrs. Boyle, who was driving, was given $2500 by the jury and her husband, who was not along but owned the car, was given $1000. In the other case Schoening, who owned his car and was driving it, was awarded $60,000. When its motions for judgment n.o.v. and for a new trial were overruled, defendant…