Beck v. Germantown Cricket Club
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 4,910, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Alexander Beck and Mary Beck, his wife, v. German-town Cricket Club. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Sulzberger, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for wife for $2,250, and for the husband for $100. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 3, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1906, No. 4,910, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Alexander Beck and Mary Beck, his wife, v. German-town Cricket Club. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Sulzberger, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for wife for $2,250, and for the husband for $100. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The defendant here, was charged with negligence in failing to keep a board sidewalk in front of its premises in a reasonably safe' condition for public use. Mary Beck, the plaintiff, testified that at half past eight o’clock on the evening of May 10, 1906, while walking on Manheim street, in front of defendant’s property, her foot went into a hole in the sidewalk, and she was thrown down. There was no evidence that the hole was in existence at any time prior to the accident. Nor did the testimony show that the board by reason of weakness or decay, gave way at the…
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