Stevenson v. E. E. Smith Contracting Co.

Citations

• 220 Pa. 220
• 69 A. 676
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 755

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Evidence—Steps.</p> <p>Where a man eighty years old falls down a flight of steps and is injured, he cannot recover from the owner of the steps, where it appears that the steps were of a temporary character leading from a wall to a pavement, with no backs or risers, but with boards forming the tread at least ten inches wide, and that the accident happened by the old man catching his cane in the open space back of the step, causing him to lose his balance and trip over the cane.</p>