Lynch v. Pennsylvania Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

This action was brought to recover compensation from the defendant for injuries received by the plaintiff through being run down by a locomotive engine at the railroad crossing at Eront street, in the city of Newark.

*409The accident occurred on the 25th of March, 1914, shortly after six o’clock in the evening and while it was yet daylight.

The situation at the place of the accident, as shown by a map introduced in evidence by the plaintiff and as described in the testimony of witnesses produced by him, was as follows: A single track…