Ramage v. Lower Burrell Township

Citations

• 54 Pa. Super. 617
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 114

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Townships—Defective road — Failure to maintain barrier— Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action against a township to recover damages for personal injuries, the case is for the jury where the evidence shows that at the time of the accident the plaintiff was driving in a buggy in good condition, drawn by a gentle horse with good harness; that at the point of the accident the road was thirteen feet wide, with a steep unguarded declivity of thirty-three feet on one side, and that the horse suddenly stopped and backed the buggy down and off the highway over the declivity.</p>