Supreme Court of Pennsylvania January 8, 1936, Appeals, 374 and 375 (Healy v. Philadelphia)

lead-opinion

.Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

The common law rule is that torts cannot arise from the performance of governmental services. The legislature by section 619 of the Act of May 1, 1929, P. L. 905, made a statutory exception to this rule by providing that “every county, city, borough, incorporated town or township . . .