Philadelphia & Reading R. R. v. Schertle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county: Of January Term 1880, No. 115. This was an action on the case brought by Sarah Schertle, widow of George Schertle, deceased, for the use of herself and her children, against the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of her husband, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendants.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county: Of January Term 1880, No. 115. This was an action on the case brought by Sarah Schertle, widow of George Schertle, deceased, for the use of herself and her children, against the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of her husband, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendants. On the trial, before Pershing, P. J., the evidence was to the following effect: George Schertle had been in the employ of the said company, as brakeman on a freight train, for about six years prior to September 25th…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
*454This was an action brought by the widow and minor children of George Schertle, deceased, to recover damages for injuries resulting in his death. The declaration alleges that said injuries were, occasioned by the negligence of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, defendants below. The jury having found the negligence, the cause has been removed to this court, and several errors have been assigned to the rulings of the court below. As the seventh and last assignment, if well taken, renders a discussion of the others unnecessary, we will consider it here.
By the defendant’s ninth point,…
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