Hamilton v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad

Citations

• 252 Pa. 615
• 97 A. 850
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 671

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroad companies — Automobile truck — Might angle collision — Contributory negligence — Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action against a railroad company to recover damages for injuries occasioned in consequence of a right angle collision between a motor truck and defendant’s locomotive at a crossing, where there was evidence that on approaching the crossing, the driver of the truck stopped, looked and listened before attempting to cross, and that he was then induced to attempt the crossing by the signal of a crossing tender in defendant’s employ, and where the evidence was conflicting as to whether the place at which the driver stopped was a proper one from which to view the tracks, the questions of defendant’s negligence and of plaintiff’s contributory negligence were properly submitted to the jury.</p>