Wright v. Monongahela Street Railway Co.

Citations

• 213 Pa. 318
• 62 A. 918
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 470

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Streets railways — Fright of horse — Evidence—Nonsuit.</p> <p>In an action against a street railway company to recover damages for personal injuries, it appeared from the testimony for the plaintiff that while the car of the defendant company was approaching the vehicle in which the plaintiff was riding, and while it was yet several hundred feet away, the horse drawing the vehicle was observed to rear once, and then proceed on its way without further rearing or plunging until it reached the car, and that it then jumped immediately in front of the car, of against it, and the plaintiff was thrown from the vehicle and injured. There was nothing in the proof which indicated that the driver of the vehicle had lost control of the horse. Held,, that a nonsuit was properly entered.</p>