Caleodis v. Monessen

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Michael Caleodis, 66 years of age, had for his home a room in the cellar of Tony Dinio’s house, the rear of which abutted on an ill-tended alley 10 feet wide and a block long. Among the many imperfections in this cinder and red-dog passageway, there lurked a depression or hole described as being 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep. On the night of April 23, 1919, Caleodis emerged from his basement abode with his friend Bill Pappas, a man afflicted with failing eyesight which rendered him blind at night. The pair were bound for Easter services at the St.…