Brown v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania March 6, 1916

Brown v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., 252 Pa. 475 (Pa. 1916)

97 A. 691; 1916 Pa. LEXIS 642

Brown, Frazer, Mestrezat, Stewart, Walling

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

It was not possible for the learned court below to have avoided the conclusion that, under the evidence submitted by the plaintiff, the unfortunate death of her hus-' *478band was due to his failure to observe proper care in crossing Sixteenth street, and the judgment is affirmed for the reasons given by the trial judge for entering the nonsuit.

Reference

Full Case Name: Brown v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Cited By: 2 cases
Status: Published
Syllabus: Negligence — Street railways — Bicycles — Collision — Death — Nonsuit. Where in an action against' a street railway company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, it appeared that deceased rode his bicycle from a side street where the cars did not stop, across the intersecting tracks of defendant company and in front of a trolley car, the near approach of which deceased must have seen if he had looked before attempting the crossing, and the evidence failed to disclose negligence on the part of defendant and showed that deceased was guilty of contributory negligence, a compulsory nonsuit was properly entered.