Chroust v. Acme Building & Loan Ass'n

Citations

• 214 Pa. 179
• 63 A. 595
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 621

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Streets—Public street — Obstruction—Evidence.</p> <p>In an action to' recover damages for injuries sustained by a fall on land adjoining a house, no recovery can be had where the evidence fails to show that the place where the accident occurred was a public street.</p> <p>Negligence — Streets—Obstruction of sidewalk — Landlord and tenant.</p> <p>An owner out of possession of premises which are in the actual occupation of a tenant cannot be held liable for injuries sustained from a fall over an obstruction on the sidewalk, if there is no proof of an obligation to repair and notice of the necessity to do so.</p>