Worthington v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.

Citations

• 23 Pa. Super. 195
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 37

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Railroads—Grade crossing — “ Slop, look and listen.”</p> <p>In an action to recover the value of horses killed at a grade crossing, the case is for the jury where the evidence tends to show that the persons in control of the team, stopped, looked and listened at a point fifty to seventy-five feet distant from the railroad; that the driver kept a continuous lookout from the time he stopped until he entered upon the track; that intervening objects created obstructions to both sight and hearing of the persons in the carriage; that the train which struck the horses was a special one, and approached the crossing at a speed of at least twenty-five miles an hour, and that it was doubtful whether any or sufficient signals were given by the engineer.</p> <p>Where it is doubtful whether a place selected by a driver is or is not the best place to stop before crossing railroad tracks, the ease is for the jra-7-</p>