Pennsylvania Railroad v. Ackerman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common PleasJof Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1873, No.-103. This was an action on the case, brought February 3d 1871, by Christian Ackerman against The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, lessee of the West Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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Error to the Court of Common PleasJof Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1873, No.-103. This was an action on the case, brought February 3d 1871, by Christian Ackerman against The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, lessee of the West Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The cause of action ivas the striking of the horses and wagon of the plaintiff by defendants’ locomotive, killing one and injuring the other, as they were crossing the railroad track on Pine street in Allegheny City. At the crossing of the street there was a tannery and a siding, on which, at the time of the accident, there…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, October 20th 1873, by
Sharswood, J". —
-There is no subject which, in my judgment, more loudly calls for legislative regulation than that of railroad crossings at grade. We are far behind Great Britain and the countries on the Continent of Europe in the precautions required to prevent those fearful accidents to passenger trains from collisions which have produced the loss of so many valuable lives, accompanied with such horrible suffering from mangled limbs and bodies. The judicial decisions of the courts, and of this court in particular, have gone as far…
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