Braden v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Near plaintiffs’ home, the City of Pittsburgh had maintained a wooden stairway for pedestrians connecting the upper section of Irwin Avenue where the cart-way ended at the top of a hill, with a continuation of the street from the lower level at the foot of the slope. The stairway had fallen into decay and during January 1935 was in the course of reconstruction by the city with the aid of Federal labor. The repair or renewal of the upper 2/3 of the stairway had been completed and the lower 45 feet had been removed to make way for the new structure when the appropriation for…