Nichols v. Pittsfield Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 101, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Warren Co., Dec. T., 1903, No. 2, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Sarah A. Nichols and Perry Nichols, her Husband, v. Pittsfield Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Lindsey, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Thompson,
The appellant, Mrs. Nichols, was returning from Youngstown through Pittsfield, and while passing through the latter'place and upon Main street her horse, becoming frightened, began to move rapidly and ran down to a country road which crossed Main street northerly at right angles. There, being beyond her control, he turned down the road. At some 300 feet from Main street the tracks of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad cross this road and at the time of the accident to the appellant a train was crossing at this intersection of the railroad and the road and in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Herr v. City of LebanonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Schaeffer v. Jackson TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Willis v. Armstrong CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Heister v. Fawn TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
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