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· 1/14/1901

Downing v. Cleveland Electric Railway Co.

Citations

  • 35 Ohio C.C. Dec. 295
  • 25 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 404
  • 1901 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 219

Syllabus

<p>STREET RAILWAYS</p> <p>One Injured by Driving in Dangerous Place on Highway beside Street Car Track at Curve is Guilty of Negligence.</p> <p>When approaching a sharp curve in the highway, one from choice and not from necessity, drives so close to a street car track that his wagon is struck by a car coming round the curve before he can turn out, his injury is the result of his own negligence.</p>

Judges: Caldwell, Hale, Marvin

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