Lesher v. Lemon Township

Citations

• 48 Pa. Super. 590
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 416

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Townships — Defect in road — Water break — Act of June IS, 1836, P. L. 551.</p> <p>In an action against a township to recover damages for personal injuries sustained- by the plaintiff while driving over a public road in a township, a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff will be sustained where the evidence tends to show that at the point of the accident there was a dangerous water break on descending ground, of such height, that when the plaintiff's wagon struck it, the plaintiff was thrown out of the wagon onto the ground and injured.</p>