Henry v. Klopfer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 137 and 138, Oct. T., 1891, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1890, Nos. 601 and 602, on verdict for defendant. Assumpsit by J. B. Henry, and J. B. Henry and M. A. Henry his wife, in right of said wife, against Charles Klopfer, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by M. A. Henry through the alleged negligence of the defendant. The two cases were tried together.
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Appeals, Nos. 137 and 138, Oct. T., 1891, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1890, Nos. 601 and 602, on verdict for defendant. Assumpsit by J. B. Henry, and J. B. Henry and M. A. Henry his wife, in right of said wife, against Charles Klopfer, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by M. A. Henry through the alleged negligence of the defendant. The two cases were tried together. At the trial it appeared that the defendant on March 15, 1890, left his horse unhitched in Federal street, Allegheny, in front of an express office.' The horse became…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Williams,
in No. 138, Oct. T. 1891.
The defendant drove to the express office on Federal street, in the city of Allegheny, in March, 1890. Turning up to the curbstone in front of the office he alighted from his buggy and went directly inside, leaving his horse unhitched and unattended in the street. Before his return the horse became frightened, dashed along the street at a rapid pace, and ran over Mrs. Henry, who was at the time in the act of crossing the street. She alleges that she was seriously injured. This action was brought to recover damages, resulting from the…
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