Bickel v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 204, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., March T., 1905, No. 17, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Angeline E. Bickel v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Endlich, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff for $3,425. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment upon the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action of trespass brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the death of her husband who was killed by a collision with the defendant company’s train at a grade crossing. In a charge, exceptionally clear and concededly adequate, the learned trial judge submitted the question of the defendant’s negligence and the deceased’s contributory negligence to the jury who returned a verdict for the plaintiff. A formal motion for a new trial was made but not pressed, and .the learned counsel for the defendant company took a rule upon the plaintiff to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bard v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
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