Smith v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 91, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., June Term, 1907, No. 18, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Smith, administratrix of Anthony Smith, deceased, and Mary Smith v. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Trespass by Mary Smith, administratrix of the estate of Anthony W. Smith, deceased, and Mary Smith in her own right, against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
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Appeal, No. 91, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., June Term, 1907, No. 18, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Smith, administratrix of Anthony Smith, deceased, and Mary Smith v. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Trespass by Mary Smith, administratrix of the estate of Anthony W. Smith, deceased, and Mary Smith in her own right, against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. When the action was instituted Anthony W. Smith, the husband of Mary Smith, was a plaintiff, but he died before trial, and his administratrix was substituted. Before Garman, J. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Moschziskee,
This is an action instituted by a wife and husband under sec. 1, of the Act of May 8,1895, P. L. 54, to recover for personal injuries to the former and consequential losses to the latter. Pending the action the husband died and his wife was appointed administratrix of his estate; she continued the suit and obtained two verdicts, one for $2,000 in her own right, and the other for $500, as the personal representative of the estate of her deceased husband. Judgments were entered on both of these verdicts and the defendant has appealed.
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