Robb v. Connellsville Bor.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFFS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF FAYETTE COUNTY. No. 36 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 288 March Term 1886, C. P. On February 19, 1886, Mary Robb and James Robb, ber husband, brought case, in her right, against the borough of Gonnellsville, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by Mrs. Robb, as she alleged, through the negligence of tbe defendant. The defendant’s plea was not guilty.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFFS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF FAYETTE COUNTY. No. 36 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 288 March Term 1886, C. P. On February 19, 1886, Mary Robb and James Robb, ber husband, brought case, in her right, against the borough of Gonnellsville, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by Mrs. Robb, as she alleged, through the negligence of tbe defendant. The defendant’s plea was not guilty. At the second trial, on January 27, 1890, the following facts were shown upon the part of the plaintiff: On tbe evening of October 15, 1885, Mrs. Robb, the plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Mitchell:
That the reasonable care which the law exacts of all persons in whatever they do involving risk of injury, requires travelers, even on the footways of public streets, to look where they are going, is a proposition so plain that it has not often called for formal adjudication. But it has been expressed or manifestly implied in enough of our own eases to constitute authority for those who need it. Thus in Barnes v. Sowden, 119 Pa. 53, the court below instructed the jury that “ persons who walk along the footways or cross the streets of our city are bound to use…
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