Roop v. City of Philadelphia

Citations

• 266 Pa. 353
• 109 A. 595
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 572

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Municipality—Icy sidewalk — Constructive notice— Evidence — Records of weather bureau — Ordinance.</p> <p>1. A verdict is properly directed for defendant in an action against a city to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff by a fall on an icy sidewalk covered with snow, where it did not appear how long the ice had been there, nor that the city had either actual or constructive notice of the icy condition of the path.</p> <p>2. The records of the weather bureau and a city ordinance providing a penalty for permitting ice to remain on paved footways, offered in evidence in this case, held not sufficient to prove constructive notice of the condition of the path.</p>