Reading & Columbia R. R. v. Ritchie
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ebbob to the Court of Common Pleas of Berlcs county: Of January Term 1882, No. 11. Case, by Eliza Ritchie and others, widow and minor chil-“ dren of William Ritchie, deceased,.against the Reading and Columbia Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of said William Ritchie, caused by the alleged negligence of defendant’s servants. Plea, not guilty.
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Ebbob to the Court of Common Pleas of Berlcs county: Of January Term 1882, No. 11. Case, by Eliza Ritchie and others, widow and minor chil-“ dren of William Ritchie, deceased,.against the Reading and Columbia Railroad Company, to recover damages for the death of said William Ritchie, caused by the alleged negligence of defendant’s servants. Plea, not guilty. On the trial, before Sassaman, J., the evidence was substantially as follows: — On May 31st 1878, the said William Ritchie was killed by a passing train, while attempting to cross the tracks of defendant company in a covered carriage. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
It is difficult to understand upon what theory of the testimony, the verdict in this case was rendered by the jury, or permitted by the court. There was no proof of negligence by the defendant, and there was affirmative, uncontradicted, and unim*431peached testimony showing contributory negligence on the part of the deceased. Four of the plaintiff’s witnesses, being 'all who were in the vicinity at the time of the accident, to wit, James Sell, Charles II. Miller, Daniel Leininger and Daniel Adams, testified that three whistles were blown, one long and two short, by the approaching engine, before…
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