Norbeck v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 184, Jan. T., 1908, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 1,883, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Sadie Norbeck v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for 16,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
In February, 1906, the city of Philadelphia was engaged in improving South Broad street from Moyamensing avenue to League Island. The work had been let to a contractor and consisted partly in widening the street from eighty feet to 160 feet; in changing the grade so as to raise the street from twelve to fifteen feet above the surrounding country; repaving and macadamizing the cartways and sidewalks, constructing sewers, *32culverts, inlets and drains, etc. Among the specifications attached to and a part of the contract was the following: “The contractor will be…
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