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· 3/1/1916

Grinage v. McGlinchey

Citations

  • 62 Pa. Super. 294
  • 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 410

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Greasy sidewalk — Garage.</p> <p>A person who slips and falls on 'a greasy sidewalk in front of a garage may recover damages from the owner of the garage, where she testifies that she noticed a large wet space on the pavement covering the width of it which she supposed was caused by water and dirt but which was really caused by oil and grease, and a witness testified that it was the custom, every week, on ash days for grease cans to be placed at the top of the pavement slope, from which oil and grease dropped and ran down on the pavement: Patterson v. Philadelphia, 56 Pa. Superior Ct. 651, followed.</p>

Judges: Head, Kephart, Lady, Orlady, Porter, Rice, Trexler

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