Mouer v. Cumberland Valley Railroad

Citations

• 231 Pa. 638
• 80 A. 1130
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 901

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroads—“Stop, look and listen” — Contributory negligence — Nonsuit.</p> <p>Where a man driving a wagon approaches a grade crossing in a borough, stops twenty-four feet from the tracks from which point he had a clear- view for 640 feet in the direction from which a train was approaching, and then starts, and without again stopping, and notwithstanding the warning of the flagman who waved his flag, drives upon the tracks, and is struck and killed by the train which came from the direction in which he looked, no damages can be recovered for his death.</p>