Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Co. v. Hassard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 142, to July Term 1872. This was an action on tbe case, brought November 15th 1871, by Robert Bruce Hassard, by his father and next friend, Peter J. Hassard, against The Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 142, to July Term 1872. This was an action on tbe case, brought November 15th 1871, by Robert Bruce Hassard, by his father and next friend, Peter J. Hassard, against The Philadelphia City Passenger Railway Company. The cause of action set out in the declaration was that by the negligence of the defendants in carrying the plaintiff, a lad of ten years of age and a passenger on their cars, he fell from the car, the wheels of which passed over his leg, which was so injured as to require its amputation. The case was tried April 5th 1872. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 11th 1874, by
Williams, J.
This was an action to recover damages for an injury occasioned by negligence. The plaintiff below, a boy of. ten years of age, was a passenger on the defendants’ car, and, in getting off, jumped from the front platform while the car was in motion, and received an injury which resulted in the loss of a leg. At the time of the accident there were more passengers in the car than could be seated. Some were standing on the front and rear platforms, and others inside the ear, in the passage-way, between the seats. The plaintiff…
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