Flieth v. Cunningham
Superior Court of Delaware
to recover damages for personal injuries to plaintiff alleged to have been occasioned by reason, of the failure of the defendant to keep in repair a certain pavement or sidewalk on which his property abutted in the City of Wilmington. Demurrer to Declaration.
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to recover damages for personal injuries to plaintiff alleged to have been occasioned by reason, of the failure of the defendant to keep in repair a certain pavement or sidewalk on which his property abutted in the City of Wilmington. Demurrer to Declaration. The first count of the declaration alleged that “at the time of the committing of the grievances hereinafter mentioned, the defendant above-named was and still is the owner in fee simple of a certain lot of land with the messuage thereon erected, situate on the south-east side of Maryland Avenue, which is a public highway in the City of…
1Per curiam
Demurrer sustained, on the ground that the property owner is liable only upon failure to repair after notice to do so, given in accordance with the statute.
2Cited by2 opinions
- Hamilton v. Standard Kid Manufacturing Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1929
- Jackson v. MossSuperior Court of Delaware · 1968