Wood v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1893, No. 240, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trepass for personal injuries. Before Pennypacker, J. Tbe facts appear by tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was in refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Dean,
We take the facts as stated by the court below, as follows : “ On the 26th of October, 1893, the plaintiff, having bought a return ticket, went as a passenger upon the railroad of the defendant company from Frankford to Holmesburg. After spending the day there attending to' some matters of business, he concluded to come back upon a way train due at Holmesburg at five minutes after six in the evening. While waiting for this train, the plaintiff stood on the platform of the station, *309which was on the north side of the tracks, at the .eastern end of the platform with…
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