Watson v. Highland Grove Traction Co.

Citations

• 68 Pa. Super. 332
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 122

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Street railway — Death of infant — Contributory negligence of mother.</p> <p>Where a mother of a child five years old crosses a street congested with traffic, and on which are two street railway tracks, and leaves the child on the pavement, and subsequently after leaving- a shop gives a signal of recognition to the child on the opposite pavement, and the child thereupon, attempts to cross the street at a point between regular crossings, and is struck and killed by an electric car, the mother cannot recover damages from the street railway company, because of her contributory negligence.</p> <p>In such a case the fact that the mother habitually allowed the child to go unattended bn the streets was no justification for her negligence at the time the child was killed.</p>