Ewanco v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

This appeal brought up for review the judgment n. o. v. for defendant entered upon verdicts for plaintiffs. The court below held that the minor plaintiff had been contributorily negligent as a matter of law, and plaintiffs, a minor suing through his mother as his guardian and the mother in her own right, appealed.

The minor plaintiff, 20 years old, and some companions were in a boathouse moored in the Ohio River near McKees Rocks. A friend called to them from the bank of the river, and they left the boathouse to join him in his automobile which was parked on a public road.…