Robinson v. Heverin
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., June T., 1907, No. 3,503, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Jane Robinson v. Michael J. Heverin. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brégy, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $350. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hendebson, J.,
The plaintiff was a member of the family of John Anderson who leased the property from the defendant. The defect complained of as the cause of the plaintiff’s injury was a loose tread on the middle step leading into the house from the sidewalk. The steps were marble, three in number. The tread of the middle step was loose before the property was leased to Anderson and remained so until the plaintiff’s injury was received. “It worked out” several times as stated by the wife of the lessee and the daughter of the plaintiff, and she had her husband “several times push it…
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