Stackhouse v. Charles H. Vendig & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, Jan T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4., Phila. Co., July T., 1893, No. 958, on report of referee. Trespass for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 50, Jan T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4., Phila. Co., July T., 1893, No. 958, on report of referee. Trespass for personal injuries. The case was referred to M. Hampton Todd, Esq., as referee under the act of May 14, 1874, P. L. 176. From the referee’s report it appeared that the defendants were on June 8,1893, the owners and occupiers of the property situate at the northwest corner of Twelfth street and Market street, in the city of Philadelphia, in which they carried on their business of hotel keepers under the name of “Hotel Vendig.” 1'here were two…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The plaintiff received his injuiy by stumbling over an iron door which was set in the pavement close to the building line of the defendants’ house. The accident occurred about noon of a day in the month of June. It was therefore in broad day*586light when there was no difficulty in seeing the door if any attention was given by the plaintiff to his steps. He had to step down from a stone doorsill two and a half inches high above the pavement in moving away from the building. The cellar doors were two feet nine inches square, and each door was sixteen and a half inches…
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