Gebhart v. Graves

Citations

• 36 Pa. Super. 228
• 1908 Pa. Super. LEXIS 143

Syllabus

<p>Alleys — Trespass—Obstruction of alley — Fire escape.</p> <p>Where adjoining owners have ’the common right to the use of an alley, one of the owners cannot erect on a hotel building abutting on the alley, a fire escape so as to prevent the adjoining owner from having a free and unobstructed use of the alley at all times. In such a case the fact that the fire escape was located and directed to be built by a factory inspector of the state of Pennsylvania is immaterial.</p>