Leard v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Leard v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Opinion of the Court
The nonsuit which the court below refused to take off, was entered on the ground of the contributory negligence of the plaintiff’s deceased husband. On the evening of October 20, 1914, he was waiting at a station of the defendant company for the purpose of becoming a passenger on one of its trains. At about 8:30 he was seen dozing in the station room, and dozed on until the train
Judgment affirmed;
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- Negligence — Railroad companies.— Passengers on platform — Death — Contributory, negligence — Nonsuit. A nonsuit was properly entered in an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, where it appealed that dece»' dent bad been dozing in a station, that being apprised that the train was coming, he rushed out upon the platform and while still in a dazed condition was struck by the pilot beam of tlie approaching locomotive, particularly where it appeared that the train was visible.for six hundred feet, that its headlight was burning, and that there were six lights about the station.