Ott v. General Fire Extinguisher Co.

Citations

• 226 Pa. 337
• 75 A. 591
• 1910 Pa. LEXIS 766

Syllabus

<p>Negligence~Master and servant — Defective building — Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for the death of defendant’s superintendent caused by the falling of a tank containing 15,000 gallons of water, the case is for the jury where the evidence tends to show that the tank fell because the steel substructure on which it rested gave way, that the substructure .was defective in design and of insufficient strength to support the tank when filled with water; and that the design was an unusual one and had been selected and approved by the defendant.</p>