Carson v. Godley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from the Court of Nisi Prius. This was an action on the case by George C. Carson and Charles Newbold, trading as Carson & Newbold, to recover damages occasioned to their property by the falling of a building owned by the •defendant. The building in question was erected by Godley in the summer of 1850, near the corner of Dock and Second streets, ■Philadelphia. The building was five stories Mgh, the lower story front being of granite and the remainder of brick.
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Certificate from the Court of Nisi Prius. This was an action on the case by George C. Carson and Charles Newbold, trading as Carson & Newbold, to recover damages occasioned to their property by the falling of a building owned by the •defendant. The building in question was erected by Godley in the summer of 1850, near the corner of Dock and Second streets, ■Philadelphia. The building was five stories Mgh, the lower story front being of granite and the remainder of brick. Godley, who •was a merchant, superintended the erection of the building himself, without having employed any master-builder…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
In the case of Godley v. Hagerty, 8 Harris 387, we held the present defendant responsible for’ an injury occurring at the same time and resulting from the same causes as that of which the plaintiffs in this action complain. It was shown in that case as in this that Mr. Godley had rented his building iff Granite street to the government of the United States for a public-warehouse, and that the agents of the government were engaged-in storing sugar when it fell down, killing two men, breaking the-arm of Hagerty, and damaging the goods of the…
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