Barrage v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1913, No. 62, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Barrage v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.' Before Johnson, P. J., specially presiding. The facts relating to the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $600. Defend- , ant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1913, No. 62, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Barrage v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.' Before Johnson, P. J., specially presiding. The facts relating to the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $600. Defend- , ant appealed. Errors assigned were (1) refusal of binding instructions for defendant and (2) in refusing defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v. —There was no…
1Opinion of the Court
-Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
The plaintiff was employed for two and one-half days as á laborer in the yards of Joseph Josephs’ Bros.,, loading and unloading scrap iron, from cars placed upon their side tracks. The yard was composed of six separate tracks* converging into one siding at its west end and connected with one of the defendant’s branch lines. The cars upon which the plaintiff was working on the day of the accident were immediately in front of the shear shed, being a house inclosing a large pair of shears used for cutting the scrap iron into lengths. This shed was about - twelve feet from…
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- Cramer v. Aluminum Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Leithold v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- Bailey v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Keller v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Gallagher v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
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