Chambers v. Braddock Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 213, April T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T.-, 1903, No. 76, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Thomas Chambers v. The Borough of North Braddock. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Young, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,500. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was refusal of binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson J.,
The defendant took the position at the trial that it was not liable for the injury complained of because it had only maintained that portion of the road where the plaintiff was hurt as a country road and that, therefore, no obligation rested upon it to maintain or repair any sidewalk thereon. ' The borough was incorporated in April, 1897. For a long time prior thereto a public road had existed in the incorporated territory extending from the borough of Braddock to the north line of the new borough and beyond. On September 5, 1898, an ordinance was adopted giving the…
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