Clarke Et Ux. v. Hughes

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This action was brought by Daniel Clarke and Agnes, his wife, who was 55 years of age, to recover for injuries sustained by the latter in an automobile accident, on the 6th of October, 1929, at eight o’clock in the evening, in the Borough of Jermyn.

The sole question involved is whether or not the injured woman was guilty of contributory negligence.

Mrs. Clarke had been visiting her sister, who lived on the south side of Cemetery Street, three houses from Washington Street. Intending to return to her home in Carbondale, which is north of Jermyn, she, accompanied by her…