Narciso v. Mauch Chunk Township

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Drew,

On the night of March 19, 1947, Mary Narciso stepped into a hole in a public street in Mauch Chunk Township, Carbon County, and received serious and painful injuries. She and her husband, Emedio Narciso, brought this suit against the township to recover compensation. At the trial they produced evidence which, if believed by the jury, established negligence. Defendant, on the other hand, sought to show that there was sufficient light for wife-plaintiff to have seen the hole and avoided it had she exercised reasonable care. On these issues the case was submitted…