Opinion

Smith v. United News Co.

  • 413 Pa. 243
  • 196 A.2d 302
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Jan 7, 1964
Status
Published
Author
Musmanno
On the bench
Bell, Brien, Cohen, Jones, Musmanno, Roberts
Cited by
30 cases
Authority
More cited than 7.2%

"a motorist who has the green light must observe the conditions at the intersection at the time he enters it to be reasonably assured that his journey will be safe.”

How later courts described this case

  • "a motorist who has the green light must observe the conditions at the intersection at the time he enters it to be reasonably assured that his journey will be safe.”
  • person will not be heard to say he has looked where if he had looked, he must have seen what was plainly visible

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno:

I would reverse on the authority of Koehler v. Schwartz, 382 Pa. 352 .

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