Mine v. Western Maryland Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, Nos. 28 and 51, Jan. T., 1918, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Adams Co., April T., 1915, No. 169, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie K. Eline v. Western Maryland Railway Co. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before McPherson, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for the plaintiff for $10,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, Nos. 28 and 51, Jan. T., 1918, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Adams Co., April T., 1915, No. 169, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie K. Eline v. Western Maryland Railway Co. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before McPherson, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for the plaintiff for $10,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing defendant’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto1.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This action in trespass is for the death of plaintiff’s husband, J. Frank Eline, resulting from a grade crossing accident. Mr. and Mrs. Eline resided at Baltimore, and *35he, being in ill health, spent the summer of 1913 on a farm about fifteen miles from that city. While there an automobile trip was arranged for himself and four gentlemen friends, including Prank D. Rogers, to be taken in Mrs. Eline’s car. Mr. Rogers and the Elines were intimate friends and he often went driving with them in her car, and on such occasions uniformly acted as chauffeur, Mr. Eline…
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