Coller v. Knox

Citations

• 222 Pa. 362
• 71 A. 539
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 712

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Runaway team — Nonsuit.</p> <p>The mere fact of a runaway does not by itself imply negligence, nor would even leaving a team standing in a private lane do so.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, a nonsuit is properly entered where the plaintiff testifies in effect that when he passed a lane leading from defendant’s house to a public road, he saw the team of defendant standing-in the lane, and a man standing at the head of the horses; that he drove slowly past the end of the lane, and when he had gotten 180 or 200 feet down the road, he heard a warning to “look out,” and immediately afterwards was struck by the runaway team.</p>