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· 7/1/1910

Dehoff v. Northern Central Railway Co.

Citations

  • 229 Pa. 192
  • 78 A. 104
  • 1910 Pa. LEXIS 572

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroads—Contributory negligence — Crossings—“¡Stop, look and listen.”</p> <p>The duty of care which the law imposes on a driver at a railroad crossing is not fulfilled by stopping at a point 100 feet from the track, where he cannot see on account of an embankment and a building, when at a point thirty feet from the track there is a clear view of 500 feet and ten feet from it a clear view of 1,000 feet.</p>

Judges: Brown, Elkin, Mestrezat, Moschzisker

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