Boone v. Township of East Norwegian

Citations

• 192 Pa. 206
• 43 A. 1025
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 899

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Townships—Guard rails—Proximate cause—Fright of horses.</p> <p>It is the duty of supervisors to anticipate that accidents arising from the fright of horses may result in the ordinary use of a highway for purposes of travel, and if they neglect this duty by failing to erect guard rails at dangerous places, and an accident happens at such a place from the fright of a horse, unmixed with any element of contributory fault on the part of the owner, the neglect of the supervisors is the proximate cause of the accident, and a verdict may be recovered against the township.</p>