Armstrong County v. Clarion County

Citations

• 66 Pa. 218
• 1870 Pa. LEXIS 296

Syllabus

<p>1. A traveller passing over a bridge which was maintainable by two counties was injured by its breaking down. He recovered damages in an action for negligence against one of the counties. Held, that county might recover contribution from the other.</p> <p>2. The rule that there cannot be contribution between -wrongdoers is confined to cases where the plaintiff must be presumed to know that he was doing an unlawful act.</p> <p>3. A promise to indemnify against an act not known at the time to be unlawful, is valid.</p> <p>4. Contribution is fixed on general principles of natural justice and does not spring from contract.</p>