Engle v. Mayor of Cumberland

The only question in this case is the validity of a section of the City Charter of Cumberland, respecting suits for damages against the city “to persons or property arising from or occasioned by any public street, highway, or grounds.”

The plaintiff, appellant, Margaret Engle, brought suit and filed a declaration on July 21, 1941, wherein she charged the city with having placed in the foot pavement in front of No. 400 Walnut Street, a public highway of the city, a watercock, water pipe, water lid, or stop box, “about fifty-six inches inside of the curb line of the pavement, and was negligently…