Legal Opinion
Jones v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided October 12, 1948No. 144, Civil Action, 1948PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLayton, J.
In Philadelphia, & Reading Ry. Co. v. Dillon, 1 W. W. Harr, 247, 248, 114 A. 62, 65, 15 A.L.R. 894, a motorist crashed into the side of a freight car standing on a crossing at night. The Supreme Court of this State, in reversing the trial Court for submitting the issue to a jury, stated:
“The train was lawfully across the highway. The absence of lights on the train, or shown by the trainmen, or other signals to travelers of the presence of the train there is the negligence charged. It is not in itself negligence for a railroad company to allow a train of cars to remain a reasonable or lawful…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. DillonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1921
- Gage v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1914
- Hendrickson v. Union Pacific RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1943
- Dolan v. BremnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935
- Wink v. Western Maryland Railway Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
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3Cited by7 opinions
- 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
- Evans ex rel. Evans v. Pennsylvania RailroadDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1957
- Keffala v. SatterfieldSuperior Court of Delaware · 1948
- Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. GoldenbaumSupreme Court of Delaware · 1970
- Evans v. Pennsylvania RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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