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· 2/5/1912

Pokras v. Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co.

Citations

  • 234 Pa. 595
  • 83 A. 430
  • 1912 Pa. LEXIS 694

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Infant—Wagon—Charge of court.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries to a boy six years old alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant’s driver, a verdict and judgment for the defendant will be sustained where the weight of the testimony is overwhelming to the effect that the boy had approached the wagon from behind, and climbed on the side between the wheels, and in attempting to get off had placed his foot between the spokes of a hind wheel, and that this action of the boy had resulted in his fall and injury.</p>

Judges: Brown, Elkin, Fell, Mestrezat, Moschzisker, Potter, Stewart

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