Legal Opinion

Lineaweaver Et Ux. v. Wanamaker

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 3, 1929No. Appeals, 314 and 315PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

The corporation department store, known as “John Wanamaker, Philadelphia,” has in the center a large rectangular space called the grand court, which extends to the top of the building and is covered by a skylight. The latter consists of glass supported by steel girders, frames, etc. In the fall of 1927, the corporation, to increase the light and improve the ventilation, erected above the skylight and resting thereon what is known as a “monitor,” being a structure composed largely of glass of the height of some fifteen feet and covering an oblong portion of the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Markman v. Fred P. Bell Stores Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  2. Bloomer v. SnellenburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  3. Murray v. FrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  4. Robb v. Niles-Bement-Pond Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  5. Woodruff v. Painter & EldridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Stewart v. MottsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Doerr v. Rand'sSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Smith v. Lit Bros.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  4. Gartner v. Lombard Bros., Inc. (E. I. Dupont De Nemours Co., Third Party Defendant)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
  5. Germansen v. EganSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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