Cathcart v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 215
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 390

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Collision between car and wagon —Contributory negligence.</p> <p>Where a driver of a team about to cross a street railway looks along the tracks before urging his horses onto the tracks and sees a car 300 feet away, he cannot be charged with contributory negligence as a matter of law in driving ahead, and if in such a case it appears that the wagon was struck with violence, there is sufficient evidence of the defendant company’s negligence to submit the case to the jury.</p>