Griffin v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 188, April T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of 0. P. Butler Co., March T., 1917, No. 176, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna M. Griffin v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Reiber, P. J. The facts relating to the accident are fully stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $575. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 188, April T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of 0. P. Butler Co., March T., 1917, No. 176, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna M. Griffin v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Reiber, P. J. The facts relating to the accident are fully stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $575. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orbady, P. J.,
On the trial in the court below the plaintiff recovered a verdict of $575. A motion for judgment non obstante veredicto was overruled. This appeal is presented by the defendant. The contention of the appellant is, that the negligence of the plaintiff is a bar to a recovery for the injury she sustained. We adopt her history of the transaction, which is substantially as follows: She purchased a ticket from Butler to Chicora and entered the rear coach of the defendant company’s train, which left' Butler at 5:10 p. m., on October 26, 1915. On the arrival. of the train at…
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