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· 2/4/1907

Harding v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Citations

  • 217 Pa. 69
  • 66 A. 151
  • 1907 Pa. LEXIS 657

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Summer car — Riding on running board— Contributory negligence.</p> <p>One who undertakes to ride on the running board of a summer street car, outside of a lowered bar is negligent per se, and cannot recover for injuries incident to his position, whether he could have got a safer position or not.</p>

Judges: Brown, Elkin, Fell, Mestrezat, Mitchell, Potter, Stewart

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