Siegel v. New York Central Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 39, April T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., May T., 1915, No-. 36, for defendant n. o. v. in case of Julius C. Siegel v. New York Central Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries, and for injuries to an automobile.
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Appeal, No. 39, April T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., May T., 1915, No-. 36, for defendant n. o. v. in case of Julius C. Siegel v. New York Central Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries, and for injuries to an automobile. Before Rossiter, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff suffered the injuries of which he complained on April 14, 1914, at 10. o’clock at night, while driving on Sassafras street- in an automobile. At the point where the accident occurred there were four high speed tracks, and then an intervening space of fifty…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The plaintiff was driving an electric automobile along Sassafras street in the City of Erie. It was about ten o’clock at night. As he approached the railroad crossing the safety gates were up. He stopped, looked and listened. He proceeded to cross what are known as the high speed tracks, four in number. He then came to an open space of fifty feet. Although he says he continued to look and listen he did not stop in this intervening space but proceeded at the rate of eight miles per hour to cross the remaining tracks. As he was about to enter the next track he saw an…
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