Block v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 76 Pa. Super. 246
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 130

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Municipalities—Obstruction in sidewalk — Evidence ■ — Photographs—Admissibility.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, caused by an obstruction in tbe sidewalk, an objection to tbe admission in evidence of a pbotograpb of tbe obstruction is properly sustained, where there is no evidence as to when, by whom, or under what circumstances tbe photograph was taken.</p> <p>When objects, tbe appearance of which is involved in tbe question to be determined by tbe jury, are not of a character subject to sudden change, such as hills and valleys, large growing trees, permanent buildings, tbe time when tbe photographs of such objects have been taken is not necessarily material. When, however, the question involved concerns the condition of a peculiar feature of the locus in quo which is subject to a sudden change, the time and under what circumstances the photograph is taken, necessarily becomes material.</p>