Beury v. HICKS

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

The instant case arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on June 9, 1969. John Beury, appel-lee’s decedent, was traveling on Ronte 202 in Chester County when a large limb of a dead and decaying tree which overhung the highway fell upon his automobile, crashing through the windshield and fatally injuring him. The appellee, as administratrix of her husband’s estate and in her own right, brought a trespass action against the owners of the property on which the tree was located (hereinafter Hicks) and the appellant, Philadelphia Electric Company, which performed…