Bickley v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 160, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1914, No. 3349, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Mary M. Bickley v. Philadelphia and Beading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Carr, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The trial judge entered a compulsory nonsuit, which the court in banc subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 160, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1914, No. 3349, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Mary M. Bickley v. Philadelphia and Beading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Carr, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The trial judge entered a compulsory nonsuit, which the court in banc subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in refusing to take off the nonsuit. — The plaintiff was a passenger; the defendant owed her the highest degree of care…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mesteezat,
This is an action of trespass to recover damages for injuries which the plaintiff alleges were caused by the negligence of the defendant carrier when she was entering one of its coaches at the Beading Terminal station in the City of Philadelphia. The learned trial judge granted a nonsuit which the court refused to remove, and the plaintiff has appealed.
The plaintiff was the only witness examined, and from her testimony it appears that on the morning of February 5, 1914, she went to the Beading Terminal to take the 10:15 train for Quakertown. She had a mileage…
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