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· 12/13/1917

Hitchins v. Wilson

Citations

  • 68 Pa. Super. 366
  • 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 132

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Automobiles—Joint tort feasors — Injui'y to pedestrian at crossing.</p> <p>Where the drivers of' two automobiles approach each other at right angles at the intersection of two streets, and do not abate their speed although in full view of each other until but a few feet apart, when each one diverges sharply from his course, and one of them strikes and injures a pedestrian who was committed to the crossing, the injured person may recover a joint judgment in the same suit against the two drivers as joint tort feasors.</p>

Judges: Head, Henderson, Kephart, Orlad, Orlady, Trexler, Williams

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