Kerrigan v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 135, Oct. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, March T., 1898, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Slagle, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 135, Oct. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, March T., 1898, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Slagle, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court, under objection and exception, admitted in evidence 2 Scribner on Dower (ed. of 1883) pp. 811, 812, 818, containing the Carlisle and other tables, for the purpose of showing the expectancy of life of the plaintiff, also for the purpose of showing the value of an annuity on his life. [2] The court charged in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Dean,
The plaintiff, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, while coupling cars, on December 19,1895, on a side track of the company in the city of Pittsburg, had his right arm crushed. He *102alleged that there was an open hole or drain eight to ten inches deep between two ties at the point where he was injured and that, not knowing of the existence of the hole, in attempting to perform his duty of coupling, he fell, and in falling threw up his arm which was caught between the bumpers and crushed. Averring negligence on the part of the company in leaving thus exposed a…
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