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BURD v. PA. RAILROAD CO.

401 Pa. 284 (1960)

Burd, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 10, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer E. Harter, and H. Albert Lehrman, for appellants.

John McI. Smith, with him W.E. Shissler, James H. Stewart, Jr., and Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, October 10, 1960:

These are two appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County granting a new trial in two separate trespass actions1 which arose out of a grade crossing accident on September 19, 1952.

The jury returned a verdict of $60,000 for Burd and $15,000 for Ulrich2 and against the Pennsylvania...

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