Pletcher v. Scranton Traction Co.

Citations

• 185 Pa. 147
• 39 A. 837
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 682

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railway — Running in front of car.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company to recover damages for the death of a boy twelve yeai’s old, a nonsuit is properly entered where the evidence shows that the deceased, while playing with other boys upon the street at the time of the accident, ran upon one of the railway tracks without paying any attention to the approach of a car, a few feet away, and then, hearing a shout from some companions, stopped, looked in the wrong direction, and was struck by the car.</p>