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PRESSLER v. PITTSBURGH

419 Pa. 440 (1965)

Pressler, Appellant, v. Pittsburgh. O'Donnell v. Pittsburgh Railways Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 23, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Daniels, with him Prichard, Lawler & Geltz, for appellant.

George Shorall, Assistant City Solicitor, with him David Stahl, City Solicitor, for City of Pittsburgh, appellee.

Thomas L. Cooper, with him McArdle, Harrington, Feeney & McLaughlin, for appellees.

Thomas Park Shearer, with him Brandon, Shearer & Flaherty, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, November 23, 1965:

On Sunday, April 17, 1960, at about 4 p.m., the fire gong in Engine House No. 4 on Stevenson Street in Pittsburgh clanged the tidings of a fire raging on Our Way in the tenement area of what is known as the Lower Hill District in Pittsburgh. With the proverbial catamount swiftness of firemen responding to an alarm, the crew members leaped to their designated positions on...

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