Ford v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

An action in trespass was brought by plaintiff against the City of Philadelphia to recover damages for injuries sustained by her as the result of a fall occasioned by a defective sidewalk. The city, the original defendant, by writs of scire facias under the Act of April 10, 1929, P. L. 479, as last amended by the Act of June 25, 1937, P. L. 2118, No. 428, 12 PS §141,, brought upon the record, as additional defendants, the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company and Albert Hart and Phyllis Hart, his wife. The city averred that the Fidelity-Phila-. delphia Trust Company was…