Bentel v. Public Ledger Co.

Citations

• 69 Pa. Super. 71
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 323

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Pedestrian at street crossing — Horse and wagon — ■ Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action against an owner of a horse and wagon to recover damages for personal injuries sustained at a street crossing, a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained, where the plaintiff’s testimony, although contradicted by several witnesses, tended to show that the plaintiff was walking on the south side of Market street in the City of Philadelphia, and when he came to the western curb at Fifteenth street, the traffic was stopped on that street, and was moving east and west on Market street; that he entered upon the regular crossing at that point, and when five or six feet from the eastern curb at Fifteenth street he was run down by the horse and wagon, and that before entering upon the crossing he noticed the wagon on the opposite side of Market street, and did not notice it again until he was knocked down by it.</p>