Hunter v. Consolidated Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Hunter v. Consolidated Traction Co., 193 Pa. 557 (Pa. 1899)
44 A. 578; 1899 Pa. LEXIS 1165
Brown, Fell, Green, McCollum, Mitchell
Hunter v. Consolidated Traction Co.
Opinion of the Court
It seems to us that the learned court below submitted the question of the defendant’s negligence to the jury with careful and correct instructions. The jury found that there was no negligence and therefore rendered their verdict in favor of the defendant. It was their special function to determine this question, and an examination of the testimony convinces us that the verdict was fully justified. We do not think that the
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Jerry Hunter, Guardian of Cursie Jackson v. Consolidated Traction Company
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- 1 case
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- Syllabus
- Negligence—Street railiuays—Infant. In an action by a boy six or seven years old to recover damages for personal injuries caused by being run over by an electric car, a verdict and judgment for the defendant will be sustained where the weight of the evidence of even the plaintiff’s own witnesses tends to show that he ran in front of the car; that the car was so close when he started to run that the motorman could not stop it in time to prevent the accident.