Frazier Et Ux. v. Pittsburgh

Hirt, J.,

Opinion by

This is an action for damages for injuries to the wife plaintiff resulting from a fall on the sidewalk at 2715 Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh. While walking .westwardly after dark on the evening of December 14, 1934, she, to avoid pedestrians approaching from the opposite direction, stepped to the right on the pavement near the property line where, it is contended, her foot was caught in a break in the sidewalk causing her to fall. On the abutting property, owned by the additional defendant, within twelve inches of the sidewalk there was an open unguarded areaway five feet deep…