Heinlein v. Allegheny County

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

These appeals are from judgments entered on a directed verdict for the defendant at the trial of survival and wrongful death actions instituted by the plaintiff for the death of her husband. The question for decision is whether the defendant county was responsible for the care and maintenance of the highway bridge whereon the plaintiff’s decedent received the injuries resulting in his death. The learned trial judge was of the opinion that the responsibility was the Commonwealth’s by virtue of its express statutory adoption of the highway prior to the injury of the…