Keller v. Boorse

Citations

• 185 Pa. 535
• 39 A. 1112
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 749

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Leaving horse unhitched and unattended, under a railroad bridge — Question for jury.</p> <p>In an action against the owner of a horse and wagon to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, the ease is for the jury where the evidence for the plaintiff, although contradicted, tends to show that the defendant’s driver left a horse attached to a cart, standing unhitched and unattended under a railroad bridge, and that the horse became frightened, ran away and collided with a wagon driven by plaintiff’s husband, who was killed by the collision.</p>