Nagle v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Citations

• 43 Pa. Super. 400
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 60

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroads—“Stop, look and listen” — Gi’ade crossing — • Contributory negligence — Nonsuit.</p> <p>In an action against a railroad company to recover damages for injuries to a cab at a grade crossing, a nonsuit is properly entered, where the evidence shows that the plaintiff’s driver stopped at a point twenty or twenty-five feet from the crossing and looked and listened, that he then proceeded without again stopping, looking or listening to the track where he was struck; and that there was no embankment, and no standing cars nor obstructions nor anything to prevent him from seeing or hearing the train which struck him, if he had used proper precautions.</p>