Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Fierst
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county : Of October and November Term 1880, No. 238. Case by William Fierst against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati &' St. Louis Railway Company to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant company. In December 1867 Fierst was in the employ of the National Coal & Coke Company as a brakesman on their coal cars.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county : Of October and November Term 1880, No. 238. Case by William Fierst against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati &' St. Louis Railway Company to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant company. In December 1867 Fierst was in the employ of the National Coal & Coke Company as a brakesman on their coal cars. His duty called him to serve on the train running between his employer’s works, a few miles west of Pittsburgh on the line of the Pittsburgh & Steubenville Railroad and Pittsburgh. On December 21st, while…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This was an action to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the plaintiff, whilst engaged as a brakeman in the employ of the National Coal and Coke Company, on their coal cars. In the course of his employment he was required to serve on the train running between the works of the National Coal and Coke Company, situate a few miles west of Pittsburgh, on the line of the Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad and Pittsburgh. No ques*148tion was made on the trial as to the negligence which resulted in the injury of the plaintiff, the only question being whether the corporation defendant,…
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