Di Orio v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Citations

• 260 Pa. 399
• 103 A. 828
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 532

Syllabus

<p>Negligence-Street railways — Motorcycle—Right-angle collision —Speed—Contributory negligence — Nonsuit.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company to recover for personal injuries sustained by the driver of a motorcycle in a right-angle collision with a street car at a street intersection, a compulsory nonsuit was properly entered, where it appeared that when plaintiff arrived at the house line, which was thirty feet from the tracks, the motorcycle was going three or four miles.per hour and tlie car was being operated eight or nine miles per hour, that plaintiff looked just before crossing the track, saw the car in motion twenty to thirty feet- away, but proceeded to cross,' and was struck when his 'front wheels were practically over the track. ■</p>