Opinion

Malter v. South Pittsburgh Water Co.

  • 414 Pa. 231
  • 198 A.2d 850
  • 1964 Pa. LEXIS 545
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Mar 17, 1964
Status
Published
Author
Jones
On the bench
Brien, Cohen, Eagen, Jones, Musmanno, Roberts
Cited by
13 cases
Authority
More cited than 7.2%

municipality may be liable for injuries caused by fire due to negligent maintenance of water system

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  • municipality may be liable for injuries caused by fire due to negligent maintenance of water system

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The opinion

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones:

For the reasons given in Doyle v. South Pittsburgh Water Co., 414 Pa. 199 , 199 A. 2d 875 , I dissent.

Mr. Justice Cohen joins in this dissenting opinion.

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