Smith v. Muncy Creek Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 286, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., June T., 1900, No. 52, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harry M. Smith v. Muncy Creek Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McClure, P. J., of the 17th judicial district, specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 286, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., June T., 1900, No. 52, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harry M. Smith v. Muncy Creek Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McClure, P. J., of the 17th judicial district, specially presiding. From the record it appeared that the plaintiff was the fireman on a traction engine and while it was crossing a bridge over Little Muncy creek in Muncy Creek township, Lycoming county, the bridge floor broke through and the engine was precipitated into the water of the stream below, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The bridge that broke under the weight of the traction engine on which the plaintiff was riding was built by the county commissioners in 1844, and from that time to the time of the accident in 1899, the floor timbers had not been renewed nor inspected by boring. The main question of law at the trial was whether the township was liable for the failure of its supervisors to keep a county bridge in repair. The Act of April 13, 1843, P. L. 221, relieves townships from the duty of making ordinary repairs to county bridges, and imposed the duty on the county…
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