Donohue v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 179, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1911, No. 3,307, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie T. Donohue v. The .Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Appeal, No. 179, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1911, No. 3,307, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie T. Donohue v. The .Western Union Telegraph Company. The court charged in part as follows: This is an action of negligence, brought by the plaintiff, Annie T. Donohue, against the Western Union Telegraph Company, the defendant, and the specific negligence claimed was the leaving open of a trapdoor, or there being a trapdoor open in the hallway of a building at the corner of Thirtieth and Chestnut streets, through which the plaintiff fell,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The room in which the defendant company conducted the business of its branch office was not directly accessible from the street. It occupied the entire front of the small single story building in which it was located except the portion taken up by a hall which opened from the street. This hall extended back along the side of the defendant’s office to a door giving access to the rear room of the two which the building contained. The only way by which the employees of the defendant could reach their places of employment was by entering this hallway from the street, traversing…
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- Hall v. Bessemer & Lake Erie RailroadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Green v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Mills v. BrandesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Powell v. American Sheet & Tin Plate Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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