Legal Opinion

White v. Harrisburg

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 27, 1941No. Appeal, 16PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Schaffer,

Plaintiff appeals from the refusal of the court below to take off a compulsory nonsuit entered in this action, which she brought to recover damages .for injuries she sustained by falling on a street of defendant city.

She was walking North on the West side of Second Street on December 12, 1936, about 5.30 o’clock p. m. In so doing she' had to cross Pine Street, which intersects and runs at right angles to Second Street. The bed of Pine Street was constructed of wooden blocks. There was a 30 inch wide strip or band of macadam 3y2 inches high over the blocks…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Lerner v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  2. Robb v. Connellsville Bor.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  3. Mulford v. Phila. Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  4. Reed v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Sculley v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Southeastern Greyhound Lines v. WoodsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
  3. MacDonald v. Philadelphia Rural Transit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Burk v. Artesian Water Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1952
  5. Costello v. Wyss, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

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