Automobile Underwriters, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh

Soffel, J.,

— This is an action in assumpsit tried by the court without a jury. The essential facts are admitted and the case is to be decided on a narrow question of law.

On October 30, 1934, at approximately 8:30 in the morning, William B. Hykes drove his automobile into the parking lot owned and maintained by the City of Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River wharf, between Seventh and Eighth Streets and Duquesne Way, in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. He paid the required parking fee, personally drove his car to the *64place on the wharf indicated by an attendant, and.at the direction…