Hobel v. Mahoning & Shenango Railway & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 192, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 34, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles Hobel v. Mahoning & Shenango Railway & Light Company.' Trespass for personal injuries. Before Porter, P. J. The accident which caused plaintiff’s injuries occurred at the intersection of Lyndal and Hamilton streets, in the city of New Castle.
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Appeal, No. 192, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 34, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles Hobel v. Mahoning & Shenango Railway & Light Company.' Trespass for personal injuries. Before Porter, P. J. The accident which caused plaintiff’s injuries occurred at the intersection of Lyndal and Hamilton streets, in the city of New Castle. The plaintiff was driving west on the former street, and as he approached the house line of the latter, upon which defendant’s tracks were laid, he testified that he stopped, looked and listened at a place…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
Upon the question of the negligence of the defendant and the contributory negligence of the plaintiff, there was evidence sufficient to take this case to the jury. The accident happened at a right-angled crossing of the tracks of the street railway of the defendant in the city of New Castle, and there is testimony upon the part of the plaintiff tending to show that when the horses were right at or upon the track, the car which came upon him was 150 feet away. Under these circumstances the court .could not properly have said, as matter of law, that the plain*511tiff…
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