Hulings v. Pittsburgh

Hirt, J.,

Opinion by

The wife-plaintiff was injured by a fall on an icy sidewalk. The jury found for both plaintiffs against the city alone; the other defendants, owners of the property, were not in possession. This appeal questions the refusal of the lower court to enter judgments for defendant city n.o.v. Whether the city is chargeable with negligence, is the issue. The question of contributory negligence, clearly, was for the jury.

Considered wholly from plaintiffs’ viewpoint, these facts appear from the testimony: About 9:3.0 o’clock in the evening of January 4, 1940, “a bitter cold night”…