Lindstrom v. Pennsylvania Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 365, Jan. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March Term, 1904, No. 2621, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Marie Lindstrom v. The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, trustees for Charles H. Ridgway under will of John J. Ridgway, deceased. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 365, Jan. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March Term, 1904, No. 2621, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Marie Lindstrom v. The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, trustees for Charles H. Ridgway under will of John J. Ridgway, deceased. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $5,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bbown,
The plaintiff was injured by stepping into a hole in the pavement in front of property owned, but not occupied, by the defendant. At the time of the accident the premises were, in the occupancy of a tenant under a lease from it. There was no evidence that the defect in the sidewalk had existed for any length of time. No one testified to having seen it before the day the plaintiff was injured. The hole was apparently due to the removal of a single brick. The case as presented is not one of a landlord who leases his property with a defect existing in the pavement at…
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