Smith v. Jackson Township

Citations

• 20 Pa. Super. 337
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 233

Syllabus

<p>• Negligence — Townships—Bridges—Contributory negligence.</p> <p>It is the duty of a person driving on a bridge to keep his eyes open and his wits about him, and to look where he is driving.</p> <p>A person who has knowledge of the existence of a hole in a bridge is not relieved from the duty of looking ahead by reason of the fact that in driving over the bridge a few hours before he had noticed that a board had-been nailed over the hole.</p> <p>It is not negligence per se for a driver of a wagon filled with milk cans to- ride seated on the top of one of the cans; but if he does so, he must use greater vigilance in looking where he is driving.</p>