Kreiner v. Straubmüller

Citations

• 30 Pa. Super. 609
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 130

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Sidewalk—Barrels on sidewalk — Infants.</p> <p>Those controlling property on, or immediately adjacent to, a public highway must have regard to the reckless and thoughtless tastes and traits of childhood. The owner* of premises are required in such cases to anticipate that children may use the highway, and in so doing be exposed to any unsafe object placed thereon.</p> <p>Where the owner of a brewery piles beer barrels on a sidewalk, and keeps them there without in any way being secured, and in such a way as to invite children to climb thereon, and a child five years of age is in consequence injured, he is liable for the injuries sustained.</p>