Burd v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 223 Pa. 654
• 73 A. 6
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 592

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Municipalities—Sewer inlet — Streets.</p> <p>Where the cover of a sewer inlet is broken, and remains unrepaired for at least two weeks with actual notice to the city department, and becomes covered with muddy water mixed with slush and ice, a woman who steps upon it without any knowledge of its existence, and is injured by its giving away under her, may recover from the city damages for her injuries.</p>