Reed v. Director General of Railroads
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 203, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1918, No. 2226, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Gertrude M. Reed, Administratrix of the estate of Leo C. Reed, deceased, v. Director General of Railroads, United States Railroad Administration, operating Philadelphia & Reading Railway. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband.
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Appeal, No. 203, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1918, No. 2226, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Gertrude M. Reed, Administratrix of the estate of Leo C. Reed, deceased, v. Director General of Railroads, United States Railroad Administration, operating Philadelphia & Reading Railway. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Patterson, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial the jury rendered a verdict for $19,000, upon which judgment was entered for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Plaintiff, as administratrix of her deceased husband’s estate, brought an action of trespass, averring he was negligently killed while working for defendant in interstate commerce. A verdict and judgment having been entered for plaintiff, defendant appeals, inter alia, because its point for binding instructions was refused and its motion for judgment non obstante veredicto dismissed. Complaint is made that these decisions are erroneous for several reasons, but we will consider only one thereof, viz: did decedent’s death result from a risk which he assumed as the…
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