Legal Opinion

Dunkerton v. North Braddock Borough

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 30, 1938No. Appeals, 122 and 125PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

At the car stop near the intersection of Bell Avenue and J ones Avenue in the Borough of North Braddock the curbing bordering the roadway is constructed of heavy stones six inches in width and protruding above the surface of the highway four and a half inches. Between two of these stones a crevice had developed, an inch in width at the top, increasing to four inches at the base of the exposed curbing. For approximately a foot on either side of the crevice the two stones had been gradually worn away, sloping toward the roadway, and tapering in toward the crevice, so…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Burns v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  2. McGlinn v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Wright v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Houston v. Republican Athletic Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Aloia v. City of WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  3. Steele v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Brady v. Philadelphia (Et Al.)Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  5. Stewart Et Vir v. PittsburghSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945

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