Morris v. Philadelphia
| Decision Date | 16 April 1900 |
| Docket Number | 425 |
| Citation | Morris v. Philadelphia, 195 Pa. 372, 45 A. 1068 (Pa. 1900) |
| Parties | Morris v. Philadelphia |
| Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
Argued March 19, 1900
Appeal, No. 425, Jan. T., 1899, by plaintiffs, from order of C.P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1897, No. 963, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Melville Morris and Sarah Jane Morris, his wife v. City of Philadelphia.Affirmed.
Trespass for personal injuries.
The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
Error assigned was the order of the court.
Judgment affirmed.
A. S Ashbridge, Jr., for appellants.
E. Spencer Miller, assistant city solicitor, and John L. Kinsey, city solicitor, for appellee, were not heard, but cited in their printed brief Ford v. School District,121 Pa. 543.
Before GREEN, C.J., DEAN, FELL, BROWN and MESTREZAT, JJ.
The plaintiff, Mrs. Morris, trod upon a brick in a slight depression in the pavement, and it turned under the pressure of her foot sufficiently to cause her to fall.There was no evidence to show that the brick was out of its position then or at any time before, but it had become slightly loosened, a circumstance which may easily happen at any time in any part of the city.To hold the city liable in damages for every trivial accident of this kind would be to adopt a measure of liability quite...
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