Conner v. Pittsburg Railways Co.

Citations

• 216 Pa. 609
• 65 A. 1106
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 876

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Infant—Duty of motorman.</p> <p>The duty of a motorman requires him to exercise care and vigilance in</p> <p>operating his car. He should give close attention to his duties so that he may protect those who without negligence are occupying the track in front of him, as well as those who are passengers in the car who may be endangered by a collision with persons or objects on the track.</p> <p>Where a motorman is running his car at such speed that he could stop it within a car’s length, and the view of the track is so unobstructed that if he looked he could see a small boy at a point at least 100 feet from where the boy is about to cross the track, and he fails to do so, and the boy is struck as he is about leaving the track, the motorman is guilty of negligence, and the company employing him is liable in damages for injuries to the boy.</p>