Widger v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 217 Pa. 161
• 66 A. 249
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 677

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Municipalities — Bridge — In]ant — Intervening act o] stranger — Nonsuit.</p> <p>No damages can be recovered from a city by a boy seven years old for personal injuries sustained on a bridge, where it appears that tlie bridge in question was a drawbridge; that the approaches to it were guarded by gates, which were closed by means of cogwheels when the draw was open; that at the time of the accident the gates were closed and the boy had climbed upon a girder of the bridge, and was looking over into the stream with his hands on the cogs; and that a stranger, when the bridge tender was engaged in closing and fastening the draw, unbarred one of the gates and pulled it partly open, thus moving the cogs and injuring the boy’s hand.</p>