TRAVIS v. PA. R.R. CO.


377 Pa. 537 (1954)

Travis, Admrx., v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Martin, with him Dalzell, Pringle, Bredin & Martin, for appellant.

Vincent M. Casey, with him Harry Savage and Margiotti & Casey, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 25, 1954:

On February 17, 1949, at about 2:30 p.m., Joseph Dorsey Travis, while driving a bread truck, was killed by a southward bound freight train at the South Crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the village of Riverton, Madison Township, Armstrong County. In order to enter upon the tracks, Travis was obliged to make a right hand turn from Legislative Route No. 03084 on which he had been travelling. The road at this...

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