Wilson v. Pullman Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 400, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of the Municipal Court Philadelphia Co., March T., 1915, No. 401, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Sallie Stella Wilson v. The Pullman Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to personal property. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, Sallie Stella Wilson for $388. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in submitting the case to the jury.*
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Portee, J.,
The plaintiff was a passenger on a train of the Reading Railway Company from Philadelphia to Jersey City and was the holder of a ticket of the defendant company entitling her to occupy a seat in its car attached to the train. She paid for her railway transportation out of a mileage book issued by the Reading Railway Company. She took with her into the Pullman car, at Philadelphia, a valise, which contained articles for her own use upon a journey to Europe which she was then beginning. She occupied the seat in the car of the defendant company for which her ticket called…
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