Isecovitz v. Conestoga Traction Co.

Citations

• 61 Pa. Super. 606
• 1915 Pa. Super. LEXIS 379

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Bight angle collision — Contributory negligence — Nonsuit.</p> <p>Where the driver of a team with a heavy load approaches a cross-street on which he knows a line of street cars is operated, and he does not have his team under proper control when he reaches the house line or the street car tracks, and does not look for an approaching car at either place, and it appears that he could have seen a car had he looked, hut he drives on at a slow trot, and when he sees the car is unable to turn his horse, and a collision occurs, the street railway company will not be liable for an injury to the horse, and in a suit to recover damages for such injury a nonsuit will be entered.</p>