Fry v. Brubaker

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 438
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 288

Syllabus

<p>Tenement houses — Cities of the second class — Inspectors—Injuries — Liability of owner — Act of March 25,190S, P. L. 5L</p> <p>The owner of a tenement house in a city of the second class in accordance with provisions of the Act of March 25, 1903, P. L. 54, must keep it in the condition required by the statute.</p> <p>The owner of a Pittsburgh tenement house, who allows a stairway therein to become so rotten, that the municipal inspector, using it in the performance of his duties, fell and received injuries, is liable to the inspector for damages, in an action of trespass.</p> <p>The statutory duty was imposed, in the exercise of the police power, upon the tenement house owner and the nonperformance of that duty and the resulting injury created a liability on the part of the defendant.</p>