Hanley Et Ux. v. Ryan Et Ux.

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The main question raised by these appeals is the right of the plaintiffs to amend their statement of claim upon a material matter, which changed the character of evidence necessary in the action and affected substantial rights of the defendant, after the statute of limitations had barred a new action.

On November 23,1919, about midnight, Mrs. Hanley, one of the plaintiffs, while walking on Market Street, Philadelphia, between Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Streets, was injured by the giving way of an iron cellar door in the sidewalk. On February 3,1921 she and her husband…