POTTER TITLE AND TRUST CO. v. YOUNG


367 Pa. 239 (1951)

Potter Title and Trust Company v. Young, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 17, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Smith, with him Smith, Best & Horn, for appellants.

J. Thomas Hoffman, with him Arnold L. Biron and Paul M. Robinson, for appellees.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, April 17, 1951:

The question here concerns the extent of the duty owed to a gratuitous licensee by a possessor of land.

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