Hallowell v. Richland Twp.

Citations

• 65 Pa. Super. 210
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 46

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Municipalities—Highways—Defective bridge — Evidence — Gase for fury — Roadmaster—Notice—Townships.</p> <p>A township is liable for injuries to an automobile resulting from á defective bridge, where it appears that for two months prior to the night of the accident, the planks upon the bridge had been so loose that they rattled or sprung out of their places when vehicles passed over them, that when in this condition it was dangerous to drive or work on the bridge, and that the roadmaster attempted to fasten the plank to the sleepers, but because of the sleepers’ rottenness, the spikes would not hold.</p> <p>In such a case the township is not only charged with constructive notice, but also with direct notice through the knowledge of the roadmaster, inasmuch as he is such an officer that notice to him is notice to the township.</p>