Card v. Township of Columbia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 336, Jan. T., 1897, by • defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1895, ■ No. 369, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s wife.
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Appeal, No. 336, Jan. T., 1897, by • defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1895, ■ No. 369, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s wife. Before Archbald, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court, and by the charge of the court below, which was as follows : The plaintiff’s case is briefly this : On the afternoon, or early in the evening .of August 17, 1894, Mrs. Fanny R. Card was riding in the conveyance of Mr. Asa Slingeiiand down Bailey hill, a public road in Columbia township in this county; the vehicle went…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The plaintiff contends that the cause of the occurrence which resulted in the death of his wife was the neglect of the defendant to maintain a proper guard rail or barrier at the point in the road where the wagon left it, and the defendant contends that it was caused by a combination of circumstances which the township was not bound to anticipate or guard against. Later on he will specify the circumstances and consider their relation to the occurrence.
The main purpose of the evidence introduced by the plaintiff was to sustain his claim of negligence on the part…
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