Fischer v. Camden Ferry Co.

Citations

• 124 Pa. 154
• 23 W.N.C. 224
• 16 A. 634
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1015

Syllabus

<p>1. Under Rule 21, § 4233, Rev. St. of the U. S., requiring that “Every steam-vessel approaching another vessel, so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and reverse,” a steam-vessel is not bound to change her course for a row-boat : Phila. etc. R. Co. v. Adams, 89 Pa. 31, approved.</p> <p>2. In this action, brought by parents to recover damages for the death of a minor son, run down in a row-boat by a steam ferry-boat, the evidence disclosing contributory negligence on the part of the son, and no negligence on the part of the defendant’s employees, it was not error to order a judgment of compulsory nonsuit.</p>