Prutzman v. Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad
Citations
- 57 Pa. Super. 313
- 1914 Pa. Super. LEXIS 195
Syllabus
<p>Negligence — -Street railways — “ Stop, look and listen ” —Case for jury.</p> <p>Where a person driving a team approaches a grade crossing of an electric railway, and finding his view cut off, stops, alights, goes on the tracks, and with a view of 1,100 feet along the tracks, looking sees nothing, and then returning to his seat on the wagon, drives across the tracks and is struck and injured by a car, he is entitled to have the question of his contributory negligence submitted to a jury.</p>
Judges: Head, Henderson, Kephart, Orlady, Porter, Rice, Trexler
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