Hall v. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 185, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Crawford Co., Feb. T., 1907; No. 63, on verdict for plaintiff in casé of Francis M. Hall v. The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Prather, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Upon a dark evening in January of 1906, the plaintiff alighted from a passenger train of the defendant at its station in Conneautville. The platform of the station is some eighty feet in length. It appears by the testimony, and is practically conceded in the appellant’s argument, that, although there were three outside lamps at the station buildings, none of them were lighted on this occasion and the only light upon the platform came from a lamp in the operator’s room. In making his way from the train over the platform to the street, the plaintiff struck his foot against…
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