Legal Opinion

Perret Et Ux. v. George

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 17, 1926No. Appeals, 21 and 22PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Mrs. Perret was injured, when alighting from a street car, by stepping into a hole in the street. She says she was prevented by people in front of her from seeing the hole until in the act of stepping "from the car, when it was impossible to stop her descent. It was daylight, the accident occurred at noon and there was no occasion to disregard the ordinary precautions of safety. The car passed a short distance beyond the usual stopping place, at the intersecting street, because of a building operation at the corner.

The hole into which appellant stepped was in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Scanlon v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. McCollum v. Pittsburg Railways Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Carroll v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Stevens v. Reading Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Cleveland v. Danville Traction & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1942
  4. Low v. Harrisburg Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. MacLean v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954

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