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BOYLE v. PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO.

403 Pa. 614 (1961)

Boyle v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon W. Gerber, with him Philip Price, and Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, for appellant.

Henry T. Reath, with him John M. Ross, and Duane, Morris & Heckscher, for appellee.

Bernard I. Shovlin, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BOK, May 22, 1961:

These two appeals involve a runaway boxcar which had been left by defendant on a siding leading from the track of a local spur of the defendant's railroad. It struck two automobiles in its course and the people who were in them were injured and brought suit. In one case Mrs. Boyle, who was driving, was given $2500 by the jury and her husband, who was not along but owned the car, was...

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