Taylor v. Union Traction Co.

Citations

• 184 Pa. 465
• 40 A. 159
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 922

Syllabus

<p>Bicycle law—Buie of the road—Negligence—Contributory negligence— Street railways—Act of April 23, 1889—City ordinance.</p> <p>Notwithstanding the Act of April 23,1889, P. L. 44, which gives to riders of bicycles the same rights as persons using carriages drawn by horses, and a city ordinance which gives vehicles on passenger railways going in the direction that the cars travel, the right to the track when they meet vehicles going in the opposite direction, if a bicycler, while riding between the tracks of a street railway in the direction that the cars run, meet a wagon approaching him on the tracks from the opposite direction, it is his duty to leave the tracks, and if he fails to do so, and is run down by the wagon, he is guilty of contributory negligence, and cannot recover damages for his injuries from the owner of the wagon.</p>