Clunn v. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1905, No. 102, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Helen Gordon Clunn v. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad Company, Lessee of Eaglesmere Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1905, No. 102, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Helen Gordon Clunn v. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad Company, Lessee of Eaglesmere Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Hart, P. J. ■ At the trial plaintiff presented these points: 1. That the defendant company is bound to keep its stations and premises in proper and safe condition at all times for the use of the patrons of its road; and, generally, that defendant company is bound, as to its passengers or…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
On the morning of the day on which the plaintiff was injured, she started, with a companion, Mrs. Ross, to go by the defendant’s road from its Forrest Inn station to Eaglesmere, at the foot of the lake. They intended to return up the lake, by boat, to their temporary summer home near the first-named station. Some friends, perhaps more particularly of Mrs. Ross, were finally leaving the resort by the same train on that morning.
The train duly arrived at the station and the plaintiff and her companion had alighted and reached the station platform in safety. They did not…
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- Powell v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Hayman v. Pennsylvania R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Sullivan v. Philadelphia & Reading RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. NapheysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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