Legal Opinion

Thomas v. City of New Castle

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 16, 1929No. Appeals 78 and 79PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

The substance of plaintiff’s testimony is that on the evening of December 30, 1926, between eight and nine o’clock, she with a granddaughter, aged nine, were walking on the sidewalk of Washington Street in the City of New Castle. There were “lots of people that time of night” and they were “going along with the crowd” and as they came near an intersecting street called Mercer, she slipped on the ice and fell in the middle of the sidewalk and sustained severe injuries.

Her first witness stated that Mrs. Thomas fell on the “ice which covered the sidewalk all over, it was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Holbert v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  2. McLaughlin v. City of CorrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
  3. Decker v. Scranton CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  4. Manross v. City of Oil CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  5. Green v. HollidaysburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Rinaldi v. LevineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Whitton v. H. A. Gable Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. Bailey v. Oil CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  4. McDonough v. Munhall BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Coleman Et Ux. v. City of ScrantonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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