Lanahan v. Arasapha Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 393, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P., Delaware Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 183, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Emma Lañaban v. Arasapha Manufacturing Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Johnson, P. J., The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned, among others, was in entering and refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
On this appeal from the refusal to take off a judgment of nonsuit the question for our determination is whether, on her case as. the plaintiff presented it in the court below, she was improperly denied the right to have a jury pass upon her claim for compensation from the defendant company for the death of her husband. At the. time of his death, and for five years prior thereto, he had been one of the employees in its mill, serving — according to the testimony of his wife — as “a man of all work.” Other witnesses testified that he took trucks up and down the…
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