Skadra v. Plains Township

Citations

• 45 Pa. Super. 87
• 1911 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Joint liability—Bridge—City—Borough — Township—■ Contributory negligence—Act of April 16, 1870, P. L. 1199.</p> <p>1. In an action against a city, a borough and a township, in the county of Luzerne, as joint defendants, to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a fall into a deep excavation made in reconstructing a county bridge at a point where the city, borough and township meet, there can be no joint judgment where the evidence shows that the accident happened at a point wholly within the limits of the borough, and that neither the city nor the township were guilty of any negligence in failing to erect barriers which would have prevented the accident.</p> <p>2. A municipality is under no obligation to erect a barrier across a sidewalk on the approach of a bridge under reconstruction, where the condition of things on the bridge make it plainly visible to every one that there was no footway open for the public.</p>