Wahl v. McKees Rocks Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 14, April T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1909, No. 689, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of David Wahl and Bridget Wahl, his wife, v. Mc-Kees Rocks Borough. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Macfarlane, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for David Wahl for $550 and for Bridget Wahl for $1,000. Defendant appealed..
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Appeal, No. 14, April T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1909, No. 689, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of David Wahl and Bridget Wahl, his wife, v. Mc-Kees Rocks Borough. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Macfarlane, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for David Wahl for $550 and for Bridget Wahl for $1,000. Defendant appealed.. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The accident for the consequences of which this action was brought is alleged to have been caused by the giving way of a step over which Mrs. Wahl was walking. Nine or more sets of steps with platforms or slopes separating them were located along an irregular and broken line on the hillside between Island avenue and Etna street on the property of David Shaw in the Borough of McKees Rocks. These stairways and the intervening spaces were used to a greater or less extent by persons passing between the streets named. It is charged in the declaration that the steps were…
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