Service v. Shoneman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, Jan. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1893, No. 87, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Mary Service v. Louis Shoneman, trading as Shoneman Brothers. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Wilt-bank, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court refused to give binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $5,000. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 13, Jan. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1893, No. 87, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Mary Service v. Louis Shoneman, trading as Shoneman Brothers. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Wilt-bank, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court refused to give binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $5,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing to give binding instructions for defendant. As the defendant was not an insurer of the safety'of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The defendant is a merchant in the city of Philadelphia, using steam power in conducting his business. On August 31, 1890, plaintiff’s husband, Thomas Service, was killed, not exactly by a boiler explosion, but by the sudden and unusual escape of steam in great force and large volume from the end of the boiler. At-the time of the accident-the boiler and engine were in charge of one Rubner, a competent engineer. Service, the deceased, was a sort of porter or “ all around man ” in the establishment; at the exact time of his death, he was helping the engineer in the…
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