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· 4/1/1907

Vito v. West Chester, Kennett& Wilmington Electric Railway Co.

Citations

  • 217 Pa. 398
  • 66 A. 659
  • 1907 Pa. LEXIS 722

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — -Explosion—Railroads—-Fellow servant — Nonsuit.</p> <p>A workman, engaged in excavating the roadbed of a railway, who was injured by an explosion of dynamite, cannot recover from the railroad company employing him, where the accident was caused by the negligence of a foreman or boss, who at the time of the accident was helping the plaintiff in lighting the fuses.</p>

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