Coller v. Knox
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 52, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lawrence Co., Sept. T., 1905, No. 12, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of William H. Coller v. Alexander G. Knox. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before William E. Porter, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
There was no evidence of negligence on the part of defendant. The only testimony as to the facts of the occurrence was from the plaintiff himself, and was to the effect that when he passed the lane, leading from defendant’s house, to the public road, he saw the team of defendant standing in the lane, and a man standing at the head of the horses. He drove slowly past the end of the lane, and when he had gotten 180 or 200 feet down the road he heard a warning to “look out,” and immediately after was struck by the runaway team.
In all this there is no evidence of negligence. The mere…
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