Pennsylvania Railroad v. Barnett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county: No. 78, to October and November Term 1867. This was an action on the case by J. M. Barnett against The Pennsylvania Railroad Company for an injury occasioned by the negligence of the defendants’ servants.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county: No. 78, to October and November Term 1867. This was an action on the case by J. M. Barnett against The Pennsylvania Railroad Company for an injury occasioned by the negligence of the defendants’ servants. The public road leading from Derry to Latrobe in Westmoreland county, crosses the Pennsylvania Railroad on a bridge over the railroad, about two miles from Latrobe, the public road running north and south, and the railroad east and west. The bridge is wooden, 76 feet long and about 19 feet above the railroad track, there being a deep…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 6th 1869, by
Williams, J.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff below to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in not giving notice by an alarm-whistle or other signal of the approach of its passenger-train to the crossing where the accident occurred. The public road between Berry and Latrobe crosses the railroad, about two miles from the latter place, by a bridge 19 feet above the track, constructed of wood and built in the usual manner. The plaintiff was travelling…
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