Kunkle v. Lancaster County

Citations

• 219 Pa. 52
• 67 A. 918
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 602

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — County bridge — Contributory negligence — Nonsuit.</p> <p>Where a woman riding in a wagon permits the driver to drive deliberately into a swollen stream in an attempt to find and cross a low sagging county bridge without guard rails, and hidden from sight by the muddy water, and as a result the woman is precipitated into the water and drowned, no recovery can be had from the county for her death, because of her contributory negligence.</p>