Fow v. Adams Express Co.

Citations

• 68 Pa. Super. 345
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 124

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Automobiles—Collision at street crossing.</p> <p>It is the duty of one approaching in an automobile the crossing of a street intersection, to have his vehicle under control, and to observe what is or may be approaching on the other street, and where another vehicle is first at the crossing to give it an opportunity to clear the same, and to use due care to avoid a collision.</p> <p>A person lawfully in a public highway may rely upon the exercise of reasonable care by drivers of vehicles to avoid injury, and the failure to anticipate the omission of such care does not render him negligent.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for injuries resulting from a collision between an automobile and a truck at a street intersection, the ease is^for the jury where the evidence ,is conflicting as to the relative speed of the two vehicles, and as to the care which the drivers observed in approaching the crossing.</p>