Strader v. Monroe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 336, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant from judgment of C. P. Monroe Co., Dec. Term, 1899, No. 9, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Henrietta Strader v. Monroe County. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Craig, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 336, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant from judgment of C. P. Monroe Co., Dec. Term, 1899, No. 9, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Henrietta Strader v. Monroe County. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Craig, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows: [We say to you, gentlemen of the jury, if the plaintiff knew of the existence of the obstruction, the plank on the bridge, or saw it before she reached it, or was careless in not observing it, and then carelessly or imprudently ran into it or on it and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The plaintiff and her son, the latter about thirteen years of age, residents of the borough of Stroudsburg, on August 8, 1899, while riding bicycles, had occasion to cross a county bridge over Brodhead creek, the boundary of the borough on the east. The bridge was of three spans, two of 101 feet each and one of 116 feet. The bridge was twenty-eight feet wide, including a six feet wide footway on the north side, then a driveway thirteen feet wide, then six feet for a street railway, and then an unoccupied strip about three feet wide to the edge; the planks on the…
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