Legal Opinion
Malter v. South Pittsburgh Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 17, 1964No. Appeal, No. 188PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno,
Joseph H. Malter and Elsie Lee Malter, his wife, owned a house in Whitehall, Allegheny County, which no longer exists because it met destruction by flames which consumed it on March 9, 1960. The owners placed the blame for their loss on the Borough of Whitehall and the South Pittsburgh Water Company, which, according to the complaint in trespass filed against them, maintained and operated the water system in that borough. The plaintiffs aver that if the fire hydrants serving their house had not been allowed to become “rusted, decayed and clogged,” if the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Doyle v. South Pittsburgh Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- City of Chicago v. Selz, Schwab & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Jolly v. Monaca BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Luterman v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Dunstan v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Printed Terry Finishing Co. v. City of LebanonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Cross v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1982
- Hall v. City of YoungstownOhio Supreme Court · 1968
- David v. Broadway Maintenance Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Fisk v. City of KirklandWashington Supreme Court · 2008
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