Rogers v. Williamsport
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 85, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1899, No. 555, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Robert Rogers v. City of Williamsport. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Reed, P. J., specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 85, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1899, No. 555, refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Robert Rogers v. City of Williamsport. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Reed, P. J., specially presiding. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off, Reed, P. J., filing the following opinion: This suit was brought to recover damages for an injury received by a fall on a sidewalk in the defendant city, which fall the plaintiff alleges was due to the neglect of the defendant to exercise a proper supervision…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This suit was brought to recover damages for injuries received by a fall upon a sidewalk in the city of Williamsport. On the trial of the case and at the close of the evidence on which the plaintiff relied for a recovery of damages for injuries received by his fall, the defendant’s counsel moved for a compulsory nonsuit which was allowed by the court. It clearly appears in the opinion of the court refusing to take off the non-suit that the city was not in any sense responsible for the plaintiff’s fall. It was plainly stated in said opinion that it was not alleged that the defendant…
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