Moyer v. United Traction Co.

Citations

• 221 Pa. 147
• 70 A. 551
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 453

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Collision between car and man lying on track — Evidence.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company to recover damages for personal injuries, binding instructions for defendant are proper, where the evidence shows that the driver of a wagon who was not a passenger fell from his seat on the wagon, and lay stunned on the defendant’s track; that the motorman of an approaching car as soon as he discovered plaintiff’s position, reversed the car and applied the hand brake, when the fuse blew out; and that but for the blowing out of the fuse the car would have been stopped in time.</p>