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· 11/1/1870

Gray v. Scott

Citations

  • 66 Pa. 345

Syllabus

<p>1. The end of a railroad track was over a passage way in a yard from a rolling-mill through which wheelbarrows, trucks, &c., frequently passed from the mill. A car was negligently pushed over the end of the track and killed a boy playing in the passage. He had been frequently warned not to be in the passage on.account of danger from the trucks, &c. His not heeding the warning was not contributory negligence with respect to the car.</p> <p>2. He was not guilty of contributory negligence with respect to the cars uuless there had been some reason to expect danger, and there was a duty of care on his part in relation to it.</p>

Judges: Agnew, Read, Sharswood, Thompson, Williams

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