Pennsylvania Railroad v. Books
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Snyder county. This was an action brought by Solomon Books against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for injuries received on a train of the defendants by the negligence of their servants. The action was brought on the 8th of April 1865, in Juniata county, and removed to Snyder county.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Snyder county. This was an action brought by Solomon Books against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for injuries received on a train of the defendants by the negligence of their servants. The action was brought on the 8th of April 1865, in Juniata county, and removed to Snyder county. The declaration in one count charged that the defendants by their servants oh the 21st of September 1864, so negligently managed their locomotives, cars, &c., that a collision occurred, that the plaintiff “who was then on a car of the defendants, was by the negligence, &c.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Sharswood, J.
This was an action by the plaintiff below against the defendants, the plaintiffs in error, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of their servants. Nine errors have been assigned, which it is our duty to consider.
*343The 1st is, that the court erred in admitting testimony touching the habits and competency of the conductor of a coal train, in the employ of the company, which had run into the passenger train and caused the injury. This assignment of error was not pressed, and properly. If by direct…
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