Legal Opinion

Leedom v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co.

Superior Court of Delaware

Decided December 3, 1942PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Layton, Chief Justice:

The sufficiency of the third and fifth counts of the amended declaration is challenged by demurrer.

The third count alleges that on January 5, 1941, at one o’clock in the morning, the plaintiff’s intestate was driving an automobile in a northerly direction on New Castle Avenue, in the City of Wilmington, approaching the track of the *188defendant company known ¡as the Shellpot cut-off; that the intersection was highly dangerous by reason of certain obstructions to the view of travellers on the highway; that the defendant’s freight train was approaching the intersection in ah…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Miller v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Island Express, Inc. v. FrederickSupreme Court of Delaware · 1934
  3. Roberts v. Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1914
  4. Buck, Admr. v. Rutland R.R. Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1928
  5. Oppenheim v. Wilmington Gas Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1915

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Pfeifer v. Johnson Motor Lines, Inc.Superior Court of Delaware · 1952
  2. Jehu P. Evans v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Margaret Elizabeth Jester, Widow v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Noah Kenneth Collins v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Leland Kenneth Phillips v. The Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
  3. duPont v. duPontSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
  4. James v. GlazerSupreme Court of Delaware · 1990
  5. Rickards v. RickardsSupreme Court of Delaware · 1960

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