Williamsport v. Lycoming County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 19, March T., 1906, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., March T., 1905, No. 107, for defendant on case stated in suit of City of Williamsport v. Lycoming Comity. Case stated to determine tbe liability for a payment of $250 made by the plaintiff to Charles M. Shooter as compensation for personal' injuries sustained by him as the result of a defective condition of a highway within the municipal limits of the city of Williamsport.
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Appeal, No. 19, March T., 1906, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., March T., 1905, No. 107, for defendant on case stated in suit of City of Williamsport v. Lycoming Comity. Case stated to determine tbe liability for a payment of $250 made by the plaintiff to Charles M. Shooter as compensation for personal' injuries sustained by him as the result of a defective condition of a highway within the municipal limits of the city of Williamsport. Before Hart, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The Maynard Street Bridge Company was incorporated in July, 1875, under the provisions of the general corporation act of 1874, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a toll-bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna river “from the foot of Maynard street ” (in the city of Williamsport) “ to a point opposite in Armstrong township.”
At the date of the company’s charter, the foot of Maynard street was at Filbert or First street — 1,985 feet distant from the river — and in August of the following year the bridge company obtained a conveyance of a strip of land…
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