Campbell v. City of York

Citations

• 172 Pa. 205
• 33 A. 879
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 765

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Municipalities—Defective sideivalk.</p> <p>The Supreme Court will not reverse a judgment on a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an action against a city to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by a fall on a defective sidewalk, where it appears that the city authorities knew of the defect, and .had refused to repair the sidewalk, and the court below properly submitted to the jury the evidence of plaintiff’s contributory negligence tending to show his knowledge of the condition of the sidewalk, his manner of passing over it on the night of the accident, and his acquaintance with other streets and sidewalks in the neighborhood.</p> <p>Evidence — Mortality tables — Damages—Negligence.</p> <p>Mortality tables are admissible in evidence in an action to recover damages for personal injuries, but the trial judge should instruct the jury that the value of such tables when applied to a particular case depends very much upon other matters, such as state of health, habits of life, liability to contract disease, social condition, etc.</p>