Loughlin v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 258, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1906, No. 559, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Theresa Loughlin, by her. next friend and father John L. Loughlin, and John L. Loughlin in his own fight, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 258, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1906, No. 559, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Theresa Loughlin, by her. next friend and father John L. Loughlin, and John L. Loughlin in his own fight, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take Off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the refusal to take off the nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This is an appeal from the refusal of the trial'court to take off a judgment-of compulsory nonsuit. From the testimony of the plaintiffs, it appears that on Sunday *176afternoon, March 12, 1905, Theresa Loughlin, a child nine years of age was with some companions walking down Lehigh avenue, where the defendant, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, maintains along and upon the public street a railroad track over which it operates freight trains. Two young boys of the party picked up from the railroad track in the street two torpedoes which had not been exploded, and…
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