Bowles v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

This is an action in trespass instituted by Harry H. Bowles, appellee, against the City of Pittsburgh, appellant, for injuries sustained by him when an automobile in which he was riding as a passenger plunged from the south tower of the Stieren Street Bridge to the pavement below, allegedly because of the City’s negligence in failing properly to maintain and repair the structure.

The Stieren Street Bridge, constructed in 1890 over the tracks of the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railroad, is approached on the north from Verner Street, crosses the railroad,…