Kuhn v. Ligonier Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 100, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Áug. T., 1913, No. 410, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Charles H. Kuhn v. Ligonier Valley Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $10,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in the admission of evidence referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
Defendant owns and operates a railroad extending from Latrobe, on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to Ligonier, a distance of about ten miles, and also a single track branch line to Wilpen, about five miles in length, on which passenger trains are run twice a day each way. Plaintiff was a conductor in the employ of defendant. It was his duty to run an afternoon train from Latrobe to Ligonier, arriving at the latter station at 3:10 p. m., and then to take charge of a train on the Wilpen branch, which was scheduled to leave Ligonier at 3:20 p. m.
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