Manius v. Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

This is an action in trespass by Edyth Manius and John F. Manius, her husband, appellants, against their landlord, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, appellee, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the wife appellant, when a gas stove at which she was working exploded. The court below refused to take off a compulsory non-suit for the sole reason that their lease contained a full discharge of appellee’s liability for the alleged negligence. This appeal followed.

On January 14, 1942, The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, appellee,…