Ayars v. Camden & Suburban Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lippincott, J.

The plaintiff in this action was, on March 21st, 1898, about ten o’clock in the forenoon, driving his horse and carriage towards Camden, along and upon the Haddonfield turnpike, a public highway. The defendant was, by its motorman and conductor, running an electric car on its railway tracks on such road, in an opposite direction, towards the plaintiff, and as the car approached the plaintiff his horse *417took fright and ran away, ran, off a slight embankment on the road, came in contact with a trolley pole, upset the carriage and threw the…