McLaughlin v. Kelly
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 144, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 648, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary McLaughlin v. Edward Kelly, Jr. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 144, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 648, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary McLaughlin v. Edward Kelly, Jr. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,750. The court made the following orders: And now, to wit, May 11, 1910, it is ordered that if plaintiff will within five days from this date file a stipulation, that she will accept in full satisfaction of the verdict in this case the sum of $2,200 and…
1Opinion of the Court
OpiNion by
Mr. Justice Mestkezat,
This is an action of trespass brought by a pedestrian to recover damages for injuries she sustained in falling into an opening in the pavement on Wylie avenue, Pitts-burg. The plaintiff testified that she was walking on the pavement in front of defendant’s premises about eight o’clock on the evening of November 3, 1906, and, meeting some friends, stopped to talk to them. The street was crowded and in stepping aside to avoid the crowd she fell into a hole in front of defendant’s building And was severely injured. The hole led into the cellar and was covered by…
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