Hanigan v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.

Citations

• 257 Pa. 236
• 101 A. 640
• 1917 Pa. LEXIS 714

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroads — Crossings — Right angle collision — Wagon — Nonsuit.</p> <p>In an action against a railroad company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, who was killed at a grade crossing while driving a team across defendant’s tracks, in consequence of being struck by-a locomotive, a compulsory nonsuit was properly entered where it appeared that had plaintiff’s decedent stopped, looked and listened, at a point twenty feet from the railroad tracks he must have been aware of the near approach of a locomotive, because at that point the view was unobstructed in the direction from which the train came for from 900 to 1,800 feet, but that he nevertheless proceeded across, in consequence of which the collision occurred.</p>