Hazel v. People's Pass. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 132 Pa. 96
• 25 W.N.C. 345
• 18 A. 1116
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 774

Syllabus

<p>1. Where, in an action against a passenger railway company to recover damages for the death of a horse through the alleged negligence of the defendant, there is no evidence connecting, or tending to connect in any culpable manner, the defendant company with the death of the horse, it is error to submit the case to the jury.</p> <p>2. Street-ear companies, having as much right to run ears on the streets of the city as other citizens to drive through them with their horses and carriages, are not responsible for horses taking fright at the movements of their cars: Piollet v. Simmers, 106 Pa. 95; Pittsb. etc. Ry. Co. v. Taylor, 104 Pa. 306.</p>