Rice v. Erie Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 114, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1918, No. 297, on verdict for defendant as to cláim for death of Blanche Bice and from judgment n. o. v. for defendant as to death of Lawrence Rice, in suit of-Rice et ux. v. Erie Railroad Co. Trespass for death of plaintiffs’ two children. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 114, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1918, No. 297, on verdict for defendant as to cláim for death of Blanche Bice and from judgment n. o. v. for defendant as to death of Lawrence Rice, in suit of-Rice et ux. v. Erie Railroad Co. Trespass for death of plaintiffs’ two children. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. At the trial the court ruled that there was not sufficient evidence to enable the jury to assess damages for the death of Blanche Rice and directed a verdict for defendant as to this claim. The jury returned a verdict…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sadler,
On September 24, 1917, plaintiffs, with their two children, Blanche, aged eleven years, and Lawrence, aged twenty-three, passed, at grade, over a public crossing of defendant’s railroad in an automobile. Upon the return trip, when the accident happened, the only occupants were the sister and the brother, who was driving. The car was stopped at the usual and customary point of observation, from which a view of the railroad could be had for more than 500 feet in the one direction, and a considerable distance in the other. No train was seen to the east, but, from the…
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