Harkins v. Pittsburg, Allegheny & Manchester Traction Co.
Citations
- 173 Pa. 149
- 33 A. 1045
- 1896 Pa. LEXIS 672
Syllabus
<p>Negligence — Street railways — Infant—Speed of oar.</p> <p>In an action by a boy two years eleven months old against a street railway company to recover damages for injuries sustained by being struck by an electric car, the case is for the jury, where the evidence tends to show that the ear was run at a very high rate of speed in a crowded part of the city, and that the motorman at the time of the accident was looking at persons assembled at the side of the street, and for that reason failed •to see the child in time to stop the car: Yingst v. Railway Co., 167 Pa. 438, distinguished.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- granting summary judgment where insurance agent failed to file a timely response to an order to show cause clearly stating that failure to respond would result in deemed admission of factual allegations
- “[A]s the Order to Show Cause itself clearly warned, ‘[a] respondent failing to file [an] answer within the time allowed shall be deemed in default, and relevant facts stated in the order to show cause may be deemed admitted.’ 1 Pa. Code §35.37.”
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Judges: Dean, Fell, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Sterrett, Williams
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