Miller v. City of Bradford

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 16, 1898

Miller v. City of Bradford, 186 Pa. 164 (Pa. 1898)

40 A. 409; 1898 Pa. LEXIS 974

Fell, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Sterrett

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

We find no error in this record. The learned court was *168clearly right in refusing to sustain defendant’s objection to the offer of evidence recited in the first specification, and- also in refusing to affirm the point, for charge, quoted in the second. The two remaining specifications must also be overruled. The testimony properly before the jury was quite sufficient to require submission of the case to them; and that was fairly and impartially done in a charge that is fully adequate and free from substantial error.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name: Jennie O. Miller v. The City of Bradford
Cited By: 3 cases
Status: Published
Syllabus: Negligence — Municipalities—Sidewalk—Ridge of ice. In an action by a woman against a city to recover damages for personal injuries, the case is for the jury where the evidence for the plaintiff shows that she was injured by stepping on a ridge of ice about eight inches high, which had been formed by water dropping from the eaves of an abutting building, and the evidence is conflicting as to whether the general sidewalks of the city were slippery and icy from rain suddenly turning to ice, and as to whether the plaintiff knew of the dangerous character of the . locality.