COOPER v. READING


392 Pa. 452 (1958)

Cooper, Appellant, v. Reading.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Weidner, with him John V. Boland and Stevens & Lee, for appellant.

C. Wilson Auston, city solicitor, and George B. Balmer, with them Robert S. Shapiro, assistant city solicitor and Snyder, Balmer & Kershner, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD, JONES and COHEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, May 2, 1958:

The instant trespass actions were instituted by the appellant, Samuel Cooper, acting in a representative capacity as administrator of the estates of his two deceased sons, to recover damages arising from their accidental deaths by drowning. The appellees, the City of Reading and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, were named as defendants in the actions. The appellant's complaint contained four counts and asserted...

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