Fitzgerald v. Sherwood

Citations

• 239 Pa. 298
• 86 A. 854
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 558

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Control of building — Bes ipsa loquitur — Nonsuit.</p> <p>1. Persons who are in control of a building have a duty of keeping it and its attachments in such condition as to prevent probable injury to anyone lawfully upon the street.</p> <p>2. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries it was held that the case was for the jury where it appeared that the defendants, while in control of a building, allowed loose boards to remain upon the floor of an outside fire escape so that they were blown into the street injuring the plaintiff.</p>