Steinberg v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

The plaintiff testifies that as he drove south on Sixth Street, when he got to the houseline on the north side of Fairmount Avenue, the trolley car was 150 feet away and coming rapidly, while he was traveling at a uniform speed of 10 miles per hour, and when he got within two feet of the track, the trolley car was only 40 feet away from his auto. Before he got across the track, he was hit a little to the rear of the centre of his car.

If the oar which was 150 feet away from the plaintiff, when he was at the houseline, was within 40 feet of him as he was about to commit…