McKean County Court of Common Pleas· 5/18/1891

Westerberg v. Kinzua etc. R.

Citations

142 Pa. 471
21 A. 878
1891 Pa. LEXIS 762

Syllabus

<p>Parents who suffer their children of tender years to wander along the tracks of a railroad, where they are run down and killed by a railroad car, are guilty of such contributory negligence as will prevent a recovery of damages: Hydraulic Works Co. v. Orr, 83 Pa. 332, distinguished and restricted.</p>

Judges: Clark, Green, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

Scherer v. Schlaberg
North Dakota Supreme Court· 1909-09-30· cited 20×
Mattson v. Minnesota & North Wisconsin Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1906-06-15· cited 20×
Vinnette v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court· 1907-10-11· cited 15×
Rapaport v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1915-01-02· cited 7×
Corpies v. Sand Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1906-05-14· cited 5×
Dell v. Phillips Glass Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1895-07-18· cited 4×
Watson v. Highland Grove Traction Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1917-12-13· cited 3×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

Hydraulic Works Co. v. Orr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1877-02-05· cited 39×
Cauley v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1880-11-08· cited 21×
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. Long
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1874-02-24· cited 18×

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