Martin Et Ux. v. Steen

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

David J. Martin and Emma M. Martin, his wife, brought this action in trespass against J. Parke Steen, a contractor, the Conestoga Transportation Company, a street railway company, and the City of Lancaster to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by the wife by reason of falling into a hole in a street in the City of Lancaster as she was about to board a car of the street railway company. The case proceeded to trial, and at the conclusion of plaintiffs’ testimony, a nonsuit was entered as to all three defendants. The court subsequently refused a motion to take off…