Fleishman v. Neversink Mountain Railroad

Citations

• 174 Pa. 510
• 34 A. 119
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 915

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — -Infants.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company to recover damages for injuries to a child six years old which was struck by an electric ear, a verdict and judgment for the defendant will not be disturbed where the evidence tended to show that the child started to cross the street, then stopped, and when the car was about ten feet from her, turned suddenly, and ran upon the track; and the evidence further showed that the motorman did his best to stop the ear; that from the time that the child started to run towards the track until the car was stopped, the car traveled about eighteen feet.</p>