Boulden v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Citations

• 205 Pa. 264
• 54 A. 906
• 1903 Pa. LEXIS 558

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Death—Parties—Foreign administrator — Actions.</p> <p>An action for death may be maintained in Pennsylvania by a New Jersey administrator, where the cause of action arose in New Jersey, without an ancillary administration being raised in Pennsylvania.</p> <p>Negligence — Damages—Bailroads—Beneficial association.</p> <p>In an action brought by a New Jersey administrator in Pennsylvania against a railroad company to recover damages for the death of an employee of the railroad company who was also a member of the relief department of the company, the defendant will not be permitted to show in mitigation of damages that the mother of the deceased, as the latter’s beneficiary, received death benefits from the relief department.</p> <p>Mr. Justice Mitchell dissents.</p>