Prethrow v. West Jersey & Seashore Railroad

Citations

• 214 Pa. 112
• 63 A. 415
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 606

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Passengers—Tickets—Connecting carriers — Presumption—Negligence.</p> <p>Where a railroad company sells a single ticket for a whole journey which is to be made partly by railroad and partly by ferry, and there is nothing on the face of the ticket to indicate that any part of transportation is to be by means of another carrier, the ticket imports prima facie that the railroad company owns the ferry, and a passenger suing the i'ailroad company for an injury occurring on the ferry is not bound to produce evidence that the railroad company owned or operated the ferry.</p> <p>Negligence — Ferries—Passenger—Question for jury.</p> <p>In an action by a passenger against the owner of a ferryboat to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a violent collision between the boat and a bulkhead, the case is for the jury where it appears that the ferryboat had been turned out of its course by a tugboat, but after the emergency had passed, and while the boat was trying to get back to its course, the collision with the bulkhead occurred.</p>