Glatfelter v. Borough of North York
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Gawthrop, J.,
-Plaintiff, while walking along a cement sidewalk on North George Street, in the Borough of North York, when it was dusk, caught his foot on the edge of a perpendicular rise in the surface thereof extending across its entire width. He fell and sustained injuries which resulted in this suit against the borough. The latter appeals from the judgment entered on the verdict against it.
Plaintiff’s evidence shows that when the borough laid a new curb at the corner of North George Street and Sixth Avenue, it tore up the cement in the sidewalk on North George Street near-the…
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