Todd v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 949, on verdict for defendant, in case of Robert T., Todd and William D. Todd, a minor, by Robert T. Todd, his father and next friend v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a boy-ten years old. Before Willson, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 949, on verdict for defendant, in case of Robert T., Todd and William D. Todd, a minor, by Robert T. Todd, his father and next friend v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a boy-ten years old. Before Willson, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
William D. Todd, the minor, who sues by his father, Robert T. Todd, alleges that he was injured while attempting to cross over a train of the defendant company, which, when he got on it, was standing still and obstructing the public crossing, and started, without any notice or warning before he got on it, that it was about to start. He testified, in May, 1901, that he was between eleven and twelve years of age, and that, in July of the preceding year, he, with some other boys, was on his way, on Germantown avenue, in the city of Philadelphia, to a swimming pool at…
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