Green v. Hollidaysburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 121, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Blair Co., March T., 1911, No. 129, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Teresa Green v. Hollidaysburg Borough. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.. Before Shull, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,551.94. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various instructions, quoting them.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The plaintiff, a woman sixty-eight years of age, was injured by a fall at night on an icy pavement on the main street of the borough, defendant. The only question to be considered is whether her testimony made out a case of negligence on the part of the borough, free of contributory negligence, which entitled her to go to the jury. The pavement was clear of ice except at the place of the accident, where water from a rain spout ran onto the pavement and froze in ridges from four to six inches *432high, that extended across the pavement from the house line to the curb. This condition had…
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