Ide v. Township of Lake
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 377, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from, judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1894, No. 275, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages'for death of plaintiff’s husband.
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Appeal, No. 377, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from, judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1894, No. 275, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages'for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Woodwabd, P. J. The facts appear by the following portions of the charge of the court: This is an action of trespass brought by Mrs. Keturah Ide, against the township of Lake, in this county, to recover damages for the loss of her husband occasioned, as she alleges, by an accident which occurred on August 30, 1894, which accident she also alleges resulted from the negligence of this township,…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Ctjriam,
This action was brought to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband which resulted, as she alleges, from the negligence of defendant township.
The evidence involved the question of defendant’s negligence, as the proximate cause of Mr. Ide’s death, and also the question of his alleged contributory negligence; both of which were clearly questions of fact for the exclusive consideration of the jury. They were accordingly submitted to them by the learned president of the common pleas with instructions which are fully adequate and free from any error of which the defendant…
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