Machen v. Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 159, April T., 1900, by defendant, in a suit of Joseph Machen and Sarah A. Machen, his wife, against the Pittsburg & West End Passenger Railway Company, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May Term, 1898, No. 305, on verdicts for plaintiffs. Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. Trespass for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 159, April T., 1900, by defendant, in a suit of Joseph Machen and Sarah A. Machen, his wife, against the Pittsburg & West End Passenger Railway Company, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May Term, 1898, No. 305, on verdicts for plaintiffs. Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. Trespass for personal injuries. It appears from the record that this was an action brought by Joseph Machen and Sarah A. Machen his wife against defendant company to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained by said wife because of negligence of defendant company. The facts appear in the opinion…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
In this case Sarah A. Machen has recovered a judgment of $1,500 and her husband a judgment oi $500 for damages for injuries suffered by Mrs. Machen at the hands of the defendant company. The first specification of error is the denial of the court below of a request for binding instructions for the defendant company.
Mrs. Machen, on the evening of December 18, 1897, was a passenger on one of .the cars of the defendant company. When the car arrived at Island avenue and Chartiers street, it stopped. She prepared to alight, having a heavy market basket and one or…
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