Geltzer v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Citations

• 54 Pa. Super. 492
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 94

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Infant—Negligence of conductor.</p> <p>Where a street railway conductor requests a boy ten years old to buy some fruit for him at a neighboring stand, and the boy after buying the fruit goes upon the rear platform of the car to give the fruit to the conductor, and while he is in the act of getting off, the conductor gives the motorman the signal, and the car is started with a jerk causing the boy to fall from the car, the question of the street railway company’s negligence is for a jury.</p>