Danks v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

The question here presented is whether the plaintiff, a pedestrian, was guilty of contributory negligence in attempting to cross a street in traffic, — not at an authorized crossing.

The accident involved in this suit occurred on Amity Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, in the Borough of Homestead, Allegheny County. Here Amity Street runs north and south, while the two avenues extend east and west. On December 19, 1932, at about 5:15 o’clock p. m., the plaintiff, walking north on the east sidewalk of Amity Street, reached a point approximately fifty or…