Stover v. Colonial Trust Co.

Endlich, P. J.,

The undisputed facts of this ease may be briefly stated. The defendant corporation is the owner of premises on the northwest corner of Fifth and Penn Streets, Reading, Pa., and was such owner on April 10, 1920. It maintained under the pavement on the Penn Street side of its property a coal vault, the intake of which from the pavement was covered by a circular grate, which was equipped with a device underneath that held it in place securely when properly fastened. On the date mentioned, the plaintiff, walking over the pavement, stepped on the grate, which was not fastened at…