Fougeray v. Pflieger

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

This action is brought to recover damages for personal injuries received by Elizabeth M. Eougeray, a minor, in falling over a sign on the pavement of defendant’s property. Yerdicts were rendered in her and her parents’ favor. From the judgments which followed defendant appeals.

Appellant conducts a drug store on the corner of 67th and Ogontz Avenues in Philadelphia. On the pavement he had placed a sign advertising ice cream which he sold. The sign was thirty-five inches high, two feet wide and stood upon prongs or feet having a spread of sixteen inches. At the…