Legal Opinion
Hobbs v. Pennsylvania R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
Decided February 1, 1906No. 32Published
At Law. On motion by defendant for judgment upon reserved point, notwithstanding the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
The first section of the Pennsylvania Act of April 4, 1868 (P. L. 58) is as follows:
“That when any person shall sustain personal injury or loss of life while lawfully engaged or employed on or about the roads, works, depots and premises of a railroad company, or in or about any train or car therein or thereon, of which company such person is not an employé, the right of action and recovery in all such cases against the company shall be such only as would exist if such person were an employé: Provided, that this section shall not apply to passengers.”
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mulherrin v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
- Balt. & Ohio R. v. ColvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Spisak v. Balt. & Ohio R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Cummings v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
- Christman v. Phila. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
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