# Doyle v. South Pittsburgh Water Co.

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · March 17, 1964 · 414 Pa. 199

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9707922

## Case

- **Full name:** Doyle, Appellant, v. South Pittsburgh Water Company
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 17, 1964
- **Citations:** 414 Pa. 199; 199 A.2d 875; 1964 Pa. LEXIS 544
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Roberts
- **Judges:** Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 54 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9707922

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that, even if the municipal water company had no duty to provide fire hydrants in the first place, once the hydrants were installed, the water company assumed an imperative duty to see that reasonable care was exercised in the maintenance and repair of the hydrants

## Opinion text

Concurring Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts:
I concur in the result because the complaint alleges negligence in the failure to inspect the hydrants and to replace or repair inoperative valves and in allowing the water in the hydrants to freeze.
Mr. Justice Eagen joins in this opinion.

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