Walleigh v. Bean

Citations

• 248 Pa. 339
• 93 A. 1069
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 572

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Automobiles—Highways — Bicycle — Contributory negligence — Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s decedent the question of the deceased’s contributory negligence is for the jury where it appears that the latter was struck by the defendant’s automobile which was running at an excessive rate of speed upon the wrong side of the highway and that the plaintiff’s decedent was crossing the street and had to travel over a space of but five feet three inches to reach the side, where it was his duty to go, in following the rules of the road, at a time when the defendant’s automobile was 160 feet away.</p>