Hartness v. Allegheny County

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

Plaintiff, a pedestrian on the sidewalk in front of the County Court House in Pittsburgh, was struck by a mass of snow and ice which fell from the roof of that building. Claiming that the pitch of the roof was so sharp that there should have been a parapet or snow guards or some other device to prevent such an accident, plaintiff instituted an action against Allegheny County to recover damages for the injuries he sustained. His present appeal is from a judgment of compulsory non-suit entered against him,

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