Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Boney

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 17, 1951No. Appeals, 98 and 99PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The facts in this case are strikingly similar to those in Potter Title & Trust Company v. Young, 367 Pa. 239, 80 A. 2d 76, and are controlled by the principles there stated.

The accident here involved occurred nearly 12 years ago when the County of Allegheny was engaged in concreting a highway known as Buttermilk Hollow Road, between Homestead and Lebanon Church Road. During the progress of the work the road was barricaded at both ends with wooden horses which could be moved to permit egress and ingress for persons living along that part of the highway; there…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Potter Title and Trust Co. v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Bennett v. BoneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Lacaria v. HetzelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  2. Mutter v. SlaymakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  3. Peatross v. Southwark Minit-Man Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  4. Curtis v. LawleySupreme Court of Colorado · 1959
  5. Commonwealth v. WeikSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

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