PENNELL v. PHILA. & READING RY.

No. 469.

231 U.S. 675 (1914)

PENNELL, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Demming for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William Clarke Mason, with whom Mr. Charles Heebner was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Action for $50,000 damages brought by plaintiff in error, herein called plaintiff, against defendant in error, the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, herein called defendant, in the District Court of the United States, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It was tried to a jury which, under the direction of the court, rendered a verdict for defendant. Judgment was duly entered upon the verdict and it was...

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