Legal Opinion

Woodsum Et Ux. v. McKeesport

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 29, 1935No. Appeals, 169 and 170PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

In this action in trespass an appeal was taken from the judgments obtained by the two plaintiffs against the city of McKeesport.

On the dark and cloudy evening of December 19, 1931, the wife plaintiff was walking along Atlantic Avenue toward a grocery store when she suddenly stepped into a depression or hole, was pitched forward so that her head was slightly in front of a building occupied by a shoemaker shop, and was injured. This hole was caused by 5 or 6 bricks missing from the sidewalk, and was about 2 inches deep at its perimeter, 5 or 6 inches at its center, and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Lerner v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  2. Bruch v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  3. Coolbroth v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  4. Bowman v. StoumanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  5. Clark v. LancasterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Brinkos Et Ux. v. McKeesport CitySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939

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