Collins v. Second Avenue Traction Co.

Citations

• 7 Pa. Super. 318
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 290

Syllabus

<p>Contributory negligence — Employee's conduct in a railway car barn.</p> <p>An employee oí a railway company in seeking egress from the car barn is guilty of contributory negligence when, out of three possible places of egress, he selected the only one of visible danger.</p> <p>Street railway — Degree of care imposed on employees.</p> <p>The degree of care of an employee of a railway company in traversing or departing from a car barn where he is employed is no less than that imposed on users of the highway and his duty imposes the obligation to use reasonable care for his own safety and'to avoid an apparent danger.</p>