Smith v. Sheraden Bank

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

Appellants, husband and wife, brought this action in trespass for damages for personal injuries sustained by the wife as the; result of a fall on the sidewalk abutting defendant bank’s premises in the City of Pittsburgh. After the jury returned verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs the court below entered judgment n.o.v. on the ground that the wife-plaintiff was contributorily negligent, and the plaintiffs have taken this appeal.

On the .morning of June 8, 1950 the wife-plaintiff (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff) was walking from her home to a street car stop at the…