STOOPS v. MULHORN


383 Pa. 132 (1955)

Stoops v. Mulhorn, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Davis Graham, for township, appellant.

Harry A. Heilman, Jr., for individual, appellant.

E.O. Golden, with him John Wirtzman, and Robert E. Ashe, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, November 14, 1955:

The plaintiff in this case, E. Frank Stoops, wisely followed the sage counsel offered by traffic safety committees everywhere, namely, that in walking along a highway one should invariably face the oncoming traffic — but he was hit just the same. The car came up on him from the rear.

On the night of November 28, 1952, Stoops visited a friend in North Vandergrift, whose home bordered on the left side...

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