Schnars v. Union Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno,
At the entrance to the Carrie Furnace in the plant of the United States Steel Company, there is a small *540tunnel which, permits, beneath the tracks of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, access to the plant. The tunnel, which is the property of the United States Steel Company, is only 66 feet long and about 25 feet wide, but large enough to house an automobile accident which occurred there on November 7, 1956. Allen N. Schnars, the plaintiff in this case, an employee of the Union Railroad Company, a subsidiary of United States Steel, was on his way to work that…
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