Legal Opinion
McBride v. Rome Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 25, 1943No. Appeal, 224PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Parker,
This is an action in trespass against a municipality and it involves an interpretation of the Act of July 1, 1937, P. L. 2547 (53 PS 2774). This act provides in part that any person claiming damages from a municipality arising from negligence of such municipality shall within six months from the date of the negligence complained of “file in the office of the clerk or secretary of such municipality a notice in writing of such claim, stating briefly the facts upon which the claim is based.”
The accident, which occurred on June 10, 1939, was asserted to have been due…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Wise v. Cambridge Springs BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Fuel City Mfg. Co. v. Waynesburg Products Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Singer v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- McFadden v. Pennzoil CompanySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Yurechko v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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- Zack v. Saxonburg BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Kyung Ha Jung v. St. Paul's ParishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Badger v. Upper Darby TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
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