Williams v. Pittsburg Railways Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 73, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1908, No. 601, on verdict for plaintiff in case of. Edward D. Williams, a minor, by his father and next friend, J. H. Williams, and J. H. Williams v. Pitts-burg Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 73, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1908, No. 601, on verdict for plaintiff in case of. Edward D. Williams, a minor, by his father and next friend, J. H. Williams, and J. H. Williams v. Pitts-burg Railways Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for E. D. Williams for $428.54 and for J. H. Williams for $600. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (2, 3, 4) portions of charge quoted in the opinion of the Superior…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
The minor plaintiff, Edward D. Williams, alleged in his declaration that on the night of December 8, 1907, he “desired to become a passenger for hire on a car of the defendant company at Thomas and Lincoln avenues, Bellevue, and motioned said car to stop, and when it had stopped he started with due diligence to board the same, and while in the act of boarding said car he received a terrific charge or shock of electricity from the step or handles of said car and said shock or charge of electricity broke his left leg.” He further alleged that his injury was caused through…
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- Veit v. Class & Nachod Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Cline v. Pittsburg Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Whitehead v. Pittsburg Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911