Mansfield Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Kiner

2 Ohio App. 82, 25 Ohio C.C. Dec. 175, 17 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 431, 17 Ohio C.A. 431, 1913 Ohio App. LEXIS 262
CourtOhio Court of Appeals
DecidedFebruary 5, 1913
StatusPublished
Cited by25 cases

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Mansfield Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Kiner, 2 Ohio App. 82, 25 Ohio C.C. Dec. 175, 17 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 431, 17 Ohio C.A. 431, 1913 Ohio App. LEXIS 262 (Ohio Ct. App. 1913).

Opinion

This action is in this court upon error from the court of common pleas of Richland county. The suit below was by Sarah A. Kiner, administratrix of Philip Kiner, deceased, and against The Mansfield Railway, Light & Power Company, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of the decedent, husband of Mrs. Kiner, caused by the alleged [83]*83negligence of plaintiff in error, in running and operating its cars on South Main street in the city of Mansfield, where, at the intersection of Third street with South Main street, on June 24, 1909, one of plaintiff in error’s cars collided with a heavily loaded wagon on which the decedent was then riding and from which he was thrown to the street, receiving injuries from which it is claimed he died on September 19, 1910. The action below was prosecuted by the administratrix of the decedent for the benefit of herself, as widow; and a minor child of decedent, resulting in a verdict for $4,500, upon which judgment was rendered, which is now sought to be reversed by this proceeding in error.

The amended petition upon which the case was tried charged in substance as follows: The plaintiff says that she is the duly appointed and acting administratrix of the estate of Philip Kiner, who died on the 19th day of September, 1910, as hereinafter alleged; that defendant is now and was at the time of committing the grievances hereinafter complained of, a corporation organized under the laws of Ohio, and at the time set forth herein was operating a street railway in the city of Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio, with its cars and other necessary and proper equipment, tracks, wires, etc., and that said cars were run by electricity; that said defendant, at the time herein set forth, had a track on South Main street in said city of Mansfield, and operated its cars upon the said track; .that said South Main street is crossed at right angles by First street of said city,, and that both of said streets are public streets of said city, and much used and traveled by vehicles and pedestrians having occasion.to [84]*84use the same, and in running its cars over said South Main street and across First street the defendant was required to operate its cars with due care so as not to come in contact with persons or vehicles crossing its tracks at the point described; that defendant was forbidden by the ordinance .of the city of Mansfield, in force at the time in question, to run its cars upon its tracks within the city over the crossing of said described streets at a rate to exceed 8 miles an hour.

Plaintiff says that on the 24th day of June, 1909, the decedent, Philip Kiner, was driving a team of horses, hitched to a wagon loaded .with gravel, along said First street of said city, going westward toward South Main street and the intersection of said First and South Main streets, and where so driving said team of horses, and while crossing said South Main street, driving said team, and while seated upon said wagon, the said decedent’s team and wagon were struck by one of defendant’s cars running north upon its track on said South Main street, and thereby the decedent, Philip Kiner, was injured as herein set forth. She says that at the time decedent received his injuries and as he approached said South Main street to cross the same, and while exercising due care on his part, and without any negligence on his part, one of the defendant’s cars in charge of a motorman and conductor of defendant approached from the south, and while running ’at a reckless and dangerous speed, to-wit, at about 25 to 35 miles, struck decedent’s wagon and team: that when decedent started to cross the track of defendant he had ample time to cross in safety if the car striking decedent had been running at a [85]*85speed not to exceed 8 miles an hour, or at any reasonable speed, and decedent had a right to believe and did believe that said approaching car, which was a block and a half away from said crossing when decedent started across the track, was not running at a speed to violate the city ordinance nor at a speed that he could not cross in safety: that said car, in charge of the agents and servants of defendant, was run by said servants and agents of defendant at a speed in violation of the ordinance of the city, negligently, recklessly and wilfully against the wagon and team of decedent and injured decedent as hereinafter alleged; that when decedent started to cross the track of defendant the motorman could see decedent starting across or upon the track with his team, two or three blocks away, and said motorman knew that at the speed he was running the car it would strike the team arid wagon before they could get across; that decedent did not know the speed of the car and could not learn its speed from his position, and she avers that decedent reached the track when the car was at least a block and a half away, and had a right to cross, and that the agents and servants of defendant had ample time after seeing, as they did, decedent crossing the track, to have checked the speed of the car or stopped it, and thereby have prevented the collision; that the agents and servants in charge of the car negligently, recklessly and wilfully approached said crossing in a great speed and ran against the wagon and team of decedent with a great force and violence, and thereby hurled him from the wagon into the street and he thereby received injuries from which he died on September 19, 1910. She says that [86]*86by the contact of the car with the team and wagon of the decedent, the decedent was thrown iñto the street and under the horses’ feet; that two of his fingers of his left hand were broken or dislocated, his arm bruised and injured, his right eye was cut and his head injured, and his back and head were injured; that by reason of said injuries decedent was rendered unconscious for several hours, and from which injuries he died on the 19th day of September, 1910; that Philip Kiner left surviving him the plaintiff, who is his widow, and as sole next of kin Rebecca Kiner, his daughter, aged 16 years, and she prays for judgment in the sum of ten thousand dollars.

To this petition the defendant below answers and says: It admits that it is and was operating a street railway in the city of Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio, with its cars and other necessary and appropriate equipment. It admits that on the 24th day of June, 1909, Philip Kiner was driving a team of horses, attached to a wagon loaded with gravel, along East First street of said city, at a point where said First street of said city crosses South Main street. It admits that East First street and South Main street are public streets of said city. It admits that the ordinance fixing the rate of speed of street railway cars in the city of Mansfield fixes the rate of speed at not to exceed 8 miles an hour. And then defendant denies each and every other allegation in the petition contained not herein expressly admitted. For a second defense the defendant avers that the injuries received by said Philip Kiner were caused by his own fault and negligence in failing [87]*87to look and listen or to take any precaution whatever to ascertain the approach of a car. Wherefore it prays to go hence without day and for its costs.

To this answer the plaintiff below filed a reply, denying each and every averment of the answer ■charging contributory negligence to Philip Kiner, deceased.

Upon the issues thus made by the pleadings, the cause was tried to a jury at the January, 1912, term of court, resulting in a verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff below for $4,500.

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