Farbarik v. Jones
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 26, April T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1916, No. 507, on verdict for plaintiff in. case of John Farbarik in his own right and as father and next of kin of Henry Farbarik, a minor, v. William C. Jones. Trespass in the County Court to recover damages for injuries to a child seven years old.
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Appeal, No. 26, April T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1916, No. 507, on verdict for plaintiff in. case of John Farbarik in his own right and as father and next of kin of Henry Farbarik, a minor, v. William C. Jones. Trespass in the County Court to recover damages for injuries to a child seven years old. From the record it appeared that Henry Farbarik was injured on the afternoon of January 8,1915, while playing in the school yard of a public school building in Turtle Creek Borough. At the trial in the County Court the plaintiffs recovered a verdict. On…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Portee, J.,
This action is brought to recover damages for injuries to a child, who at the time of the accident was seven years of age. There is but one question involved in this case and that is whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant the submission to the jury of the question of the negligence of the defendant. The defendant had a contract for installing certain heating apparatus in a public school building in the Borough of Turtle Creek, and in the progress of the work left standing in the school yard three radiators, which were intended to be later placed in the building.…
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