Legal Opinion

Wolk v. Pittsburgh Hotels Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 8, 1925No. Appeals, 96 and 97PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephabt,

The William Penn Hotel, a large twenty-story structure with two wings and courts intervening, fronts on William Penn Way in Pittsburgh; a great number of rooms overlook the street. Abe Wolk, clerk in a jewelry store, was seated in an automobile parked on the side of the street near the hotel; between nine and ten o’clock at night a pint bottle crashed through the top of the car, struck him on the head and rolled into the street. It appeared that milk bottles, jars, flower vases and grape fruit had been seen frequently on the window sills of the hotel, the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Murray v. FrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  2. Rahmel v. LehndorffCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Rommel v. SchambacherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
  4. Curran v. OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
  5. Fleccia v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Connolly v. Nicollet HotelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
  2. Murray v. Pittsburgh Athletic Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Howard v. Zaney BarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  4. Fisher Et Ux. v. City of Phila.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  5. Philadelphia v. Merchant & Evans Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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