Schmidt v. West Penn Railways Co.

Citations

• 269 Pa. 72
• 112 A. 22
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 766

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railways — Standing on front steps of car— Contributory negligence.</p> <p>A boy eighteen years old cannot recover damages from a street railway for injuries, where it appears that he stood on the lower front steps of a crowded street car, on the side next to the second track on which he knew that ears were operated, and while thus standing with his body extending beyond the clearance, which was but six inches, and with his face turned towards the inside of the car, he was struck by a car on the other track. In addition no negligence of defendant was established.</p>