Kunsman v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 90, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1896, No. 73, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass. Before Schuyler, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $450. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was refusal of binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff, a car inspector in the employ of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, received injuries while at work in repairing a car of his employer in the North Penna. yards at South Bethlehem, at which place three other railroad companies had junction and connecting tracks that were used for making up trains, and the -transfer and repair of cars. On the day of the accident the plaintiff and a fellow workman were engaged in raising the draw-head of a ear which was standing on track No. 6, which track can be entered only by means of a switch connection with the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Vannatta v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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