Nudd ex rel. Nudd v. Borough of Lansdowne

Citations

• 190 Pa. 89
• 42 A. 474
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 985

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Boroughs—Defect in highway.</p> <p>In an action against a borough to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by a woman falling into a hole in a highway, the ease is for the jury where the evidence tends to show that the hole was in or on the edge of the traveled part of the road; that it was eighteen inches deep and two feet wide; that a board walk had formerly covered the hole, but had gradually gone out of repair; that the borough had received written notice of the existence of the hole, and had allowed it to continue for a long time without light or guard ; that an electric light of a defective character near the hole was not burning at the time of the accident, and that the night was dark.</p>