Case Name: Edward Thomas Dennison, Plff. in Err., v. John Miner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1886-02-01
Citations: 1 Sadler 399
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edward Thomas Dennison, Plff. in Err., v. John Miner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Cases in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; being those cases not designated to be reportedÉ
Volume: 1
Pages: 399–399

Head Matter:
Edward Thomas Dennison, Plff. in Err., v. John Miner.
Ordinance prohibiting hand or push cart on sidewalk held not to prevent, such use when necessary to avoid being run over by horse and wagon.
Opinion expressed by person injured soon after accident, as to who was. in fault, held admissible, though not conclusive, against such person.
(Decided February 1, 1886.)
Error to the Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia County to review a judgment for plaintiff in an action for damages for personal injuries.
Affirmed.
E. K. Nichols for plaintiff in error.
John Bcollay and William H. Redheffer for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
There was no error in rejecting the evidence, nor in the charge of the court. The fact that the ordinance prohibited the use of the hand or push cart on the sidewalk did not prevent the defendant in error from trying to avoid being run over by the rapidly approaching horse and wagon, even at the risk of violating the ordinance. His opinion as to who was in fault, expressed soon after he was injured, was evidence, but it constituted no legal bar to his recovery. The case was one of facts, and was properly submitted to the jury.
Judgment affirmed.