McLaughlin v. City of Corry
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: Of October and November Term 1874, No. 224. This was an action on the case, commenced February 7th 1872, by John McLaughlin against the City of Corry.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: Of October and November Term 1874, No. 224. This was an action on the case, commenced February 7th 1872, by John McLaughlin against the City of Corry. The declaration contained two counts :— The first was that on the 14th of January 1871, and for weeks before, the sidewalk on the south side of Main street, in the city of Corry, near its intersection with Second avenue, in the said city, was greatly out of repair and covered in many and divers places with a large accumulation of ice, and permitted to remain in an unsafe condition: yet the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
That a municipal corporation, such as a city, borough, township, or county is liable for damages arising from the neglect of its officers in not keeping the streets, roads and bridges, over which it has jurisdiction, in proper repair, is established by many authorities ; among others, Dean v. New Milford Township, 5 W. & S. 545; Pittsburg v. Grier, 10 Harris 54; Allentown v. *113Kramer, 23 P. F. Smith 406; Humphreys v. Armstrong County, 6 P. F. Smith 204.
These cases proceed upon the principle that the various municipalities have full and complete control of and power over the roads, streets and…
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