Corcoran v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from judgínent C. P. Chester Co., April T., 1901, No. 23, on verdict for defendant in case of John F. Corcoran v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Hemphill, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
Corcoran, the plaintiff, was a truck farmer living near Coatesville in Chester county, and in carrying on his business had occasion to-make almost daily trips from his farm into the town. The farm at one side'is bounded by the railroad company’s right of way. A lane leads from the farmhouse across the railroad tracks at grade into the town, where at the boundary of the latter, it becomes a street called Third avenue; the street has a rather steep ascent just as it approaches the railroad and attains the level of the tracks, of which there are two, about fifty feet…
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