Dress v. Harrisburg

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for injuries sustained by falling on an alleged defective sidewalk; defendant has appealed.

The judgment cannot be sustained. Walnut Street, in the defendant city, extends, inter alia, easterly from Front Street to River Avenue, a short block, on the south side of which is the public library building, erected in 1912. The entire width of the south sidewalk there is eleven feet, but standing therein adjoining the curb are six shade trees, surrounded by grass plots approximately four feet wide and ten feet long. It is a…