Scurco v. Kart

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

This is the familiar case where a person falls at a place inadequately lighted and the question is whether he was guilty of contributory negligence. The controlling principle governing that question was stated in Dively v. Penn-Pittsburgh Corporation, 332 Pa. 65, 69, 70, 2 A. 2d 831, 833, and repeated in Polm v. Hession,. 363 Pa. 494, 496, 497, 70. A. 2d 311, 312; Carns v. Noel, 364 Pa. 77, 80, 70 A. 2d 619-620; Ellis v. Drab, 373 Pa. 189, 193, 94 A. 2d 189, 191; and Hoss v. Nestor Building & Loan Ass’n, 164 Pa. Superior Ct. 77, 80, 81, 63 A. 2d 435,…