Grant v. Dickson City Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 246, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiffs from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., May T., 1907, No. 436, refusing to strike off non-suit in case of Kate Grant et al. v. Dickson City Borough. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before O’Neil, J. At the trial the court entered a compulsory non-suit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was in refusing to take off non-suit.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Kate Grant, one of the plaintiffs, was injured by falling through a bridge built by a land company and located on a street on its plan of lots. A non-suit was entered because there was no proof of the acceptance of the street by the borough. The street was laid out by the land company some four or five years before the accident. Lots were first sold on it fourteen months before and a plan of the tract was recorded six months before. The street was a narrow passage way first used by the company for convenience in carrying on its operations and later by the purchasers of lots in…
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