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SMITH v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY et al.

397 Pa. 404 (1959)

Smith v. Allegheny County (et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Zappala, Jr., with him Zappala & Zappala, for appellants.

Edwin J. Martin, with him Robert W. McWhinney, and Goehring, McWhinney & Grubbs, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, November 24, 1959:

This action in trespass was instituted by the plaintiff to recover damages for the loss of her home property through its inundation and total destruction by a landslide allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendant contractor and the two defendant public bodies for which the contractor was engaged in doing highway construction work at the scene of the landslide. The jury returned a money verdict for the...

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