Francis v. Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 156, Oct. T., 1896, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 205, on. verdict for plaintiffs. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Greer., P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 156, Oct. T., 1896, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 205, on. verdict for plaintiffs. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Greer., P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Plaintiffs’ second point and answer thereto were as follows: . % If' the jury believe from the evidence that the township took charge of and worked the public highway up to the end of the bridge, where the accident happened, and filled in the approach to said bridge and the approaches to other bridges which had been erected at the same place, and had…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
A county bridge known as Gallagher’s bridge spans Muddy creek in Franklin township, Butler county. The bridge proper is fifty-nine feet long and twelve wide, with elevation above the water at ordinary stages of six to ten feet; wing walls for the approaches extended back from the shore abutments for a distance of fifteen to twenty feet, and were filled in between, almost to a level with the top of the walls, making the approach to the' floor of the bridge, from the road, rise about nine feet in fifteen or twenty. The wing walls of the approaches were without…
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