Lynn v. Ralpho Township

Citations

• 186 Pa. 420
• 40 A. 568
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 1021

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Township—Highway—Snowdrift.</p> <p>In an action against a township to recover damages for personal injuries, it appeared that an extraordinary snowstorm had caused a deep drift of snow at a point on a highway where plaintiff was injured. The snowstorm ceased upon a Sunday, and on Monday the supervisors opened up the drift so as to permit the passage of a sleigh, and a day or two after-wards they widened it. Some of plaintiff’s witnesses testified that they made it wide enough to permit the passage of two sleighs side by side. Prior to the accident a large number of persons passed through the cut. At the time of the accident plaintiff was riding in a sleigh driven by his grandson. The evidence showed that in going through the cut the runner of the sleigh passed up on the bank at the side of the cut, and that the sleigh in this way was turned over. Plaintiff was injured by the turning of the sleigh. Held, that there was no error in directing a verdict for the defendant.</p>