Kaczynski v. Pittsburgh

Per Curiam,

In this action of trespass for negligence, plaintiff recovered a verdict; the court below entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto, and plaintiff appeals. The judgment is right.

The facts are these: On a foggy night, plaintiff, while walking down a flight of steps, built and maintained by the city for passage from one of its upper streets to another on a lower level, stepped into a hole on a landing forming part of the flight. The hole was caused by the removal of a nine- or ten-inch plank; she admitted she had known of its absence for approximately three weeks, that…