Green v. Compter
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
1Opinion of the Court
Forrest, J.,
A social guest who, while seated on the inside stairway of the house of 'her hosts, was injured as aresult of being kicked or stepped upon by another guest, has sued -her hosts, contending that they were negligent in “failing to provide” her *228“with a safe place to congregate and to sit”. The owners have demurred to the complaint.
The settled principle is that preliminary objections admit as true all facts which are averred in the complaint, but not "the pleader’s conclusions or averments of law: Adams v. Speckman, 385 Pa. 308 (1956). In this light the facts may be stated as follows:…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sun Ray Drug Co. v. LawlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Adams v. SpeckmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Straight v. B. F. Goodrich Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Kopp v. R. S. Noonan, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Onstott v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
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