Peterson ex rel. Peterson v. Delaware River Ferry Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 364, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., December T., 1897, No. 662, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass for personal injuries. The facts sufficiently appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a nonsuit on the ground that the action was barred by the Act of June 24, 1896, P. L. 236. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The plaintiff brought suit February 4,1898, for injuries from the alleged negligence of defendant’s employees on May 17, 1892, and was nonsuited on the ground that her action was too late. The case raises the same questions as to the construction and constitutionality of the Act of June 24,1895, P. L. 286, as those which have been discussed and decided in Rodebaugh v. *365Phila. Traction. Co., opinion filed herewith, ante, p. 358. It is not necessary to do more than refer to that opinion.
The only additional points in the present case are that the plaintiff was at…
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