Powers v. City of Philadelphia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 270 and 271, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1897, Nos. 127 and 128, on verdict for plaintiff in cases of Ralph Powers, by his next friend, William H. Powers, v. City of Philadelphia, and William H. Powers v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeals, Nos. 270 and 271, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1897, Nos. 127 and 128, on verdict for plaintiff in cases of Ralph Powers, by his next friend, William H. Powers, v. City of Philadelphia, and William H. Powers v. City of Philadelphia. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Willson, J. At the trial it appeared that Ralph Powers, plaintiff, a boy seven years old, fell on a defective board walk in the yard of Paschalviile school, a public school maintained by the city of Philadelphia. The accident occurred on December…
1Opinion of the Court
.Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
There was sufficient evidence in this case of the fact that the injuries to the boy, Ralph Powers, resulted from the bad condition of the board walk, by which he was tripped, and over or into which he fell, to take the case to the jury. This disposes of the first question raised by the appellant.
The second question presented is one of more difficulty, namely, Is the city liable at all for injuries to a school boy, suffered by reason of negligence in the maintenance of a dangerous board walk, running from the main school building to an annex, on property owned…
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