Cressman v. Lakoff

Citations

• 263 Pa. 567
• 107 A. 218
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 477

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Infant—Collision between child and horse — City street — Stepping in front of horse — Nonsuit.</p> <p>A nonsuit is properly entered in an action for personal injuries sustained by an eight-year-old boy run over by a horse in a street where it appears that the boy stepped off the sidewalk when the horse’s head was but three feet away, as it was proceeding on a trot, and that the horse was stopped after it had traveled about five feet further.</p>