Chapman v. City of Philadelphia

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

This appeal is from the lower court’s order sustaining preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer and dismissing the plaintiff’s, Edith Chapman’s, complaint in trespass against the City of Philadelphia. Plaintiff’s complaint against the City of Philadelphia avers that plaintiff’s decedent, William F. Chapman, died on August 14,1978 as a result of injuries he sustained on August 11, 1978 when he was attacked and robbed by three men on the platform of the Wayne Junction Railroad Station. The complaint alleges that the City of Philadelphia negligently breached its duty…