Thorpe v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Plaintiff was driving an ice wagon loaded with 3300 pounds of ice, drawn by one horse, north on Kensington Street, Philadelphia, at 7:30 o ’clock in the morning. His route required him to turn west into Huntingdon Street. When his horse was level with the south curb of Huntingdon Street he looked around to see if any street car was coming north on Kensington Street — the same direction he had been traveling — and saw one 150 or 200 feet away approaching at a speed of twenty-five to thirty miles an hour. Without waiting to get into the northern half of the intersection…