McIlhenney v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 348, Jan. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1904, No. 2946,-refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Margaret Mcllhenney v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Pedestrians in going from one side of a street to the other are not confined to the regular crossings at the intersections, but may cross at any point according to their convenience. But in so doing they are bound to exercise care according to the circumstances, and especially bound to the alert and watchful performance of the duty of all travelers on all highways to look where they are going: Robb v. Connellsville Boro., 137 Pa. 42.
The appellant, about nine o’clock on an October evening, while on the footwalk on Parrish street, started to cross that street diagonally about fifteen…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Robb v. Connellsville Bor.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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