Hines v. Reitman

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

On a clear day in July, 1923, in broad daylight, Katherine Hines was walking on Thirty-Fourth Street, Philadelphia, carrying in her arms two bottles of milk which she had just bought. When about four feet past the corner of Wallace Street, on the sidewalk in front of defendant’s garage, she came to a round puddle, about eighteen inches in diameter, of what she supposed wao. dirty water. She first saw it in crossing the street from the southwest to the northeast corner of Thirty-Fourth and Wallace Streets, when she was halfway across the street. It was in the middle of the…