Legal Opinion

Brown v. Pitcairn Borough

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 13, 1911No. Appeals, Nos. 119 and 120Published

Appeals, Nos. 119 and 120, April T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1908, No. 251, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Samuel N. Brown and Lizzie Brown v. Pitcairn Borough. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Kennedy, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,500. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were to the charge as a whole and certain portions of the charge.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

At the end of the official stenographer’s transcript of the charge appears the following: “To which charge of the court counsel for the defendant excepts. Exception allowed and bill sealed for the defendant.” Immediately following his certificate attached to the transcript of the testimony, appears the following certificate of the trial judge: “Foregoing notes of testimony with the exceptions taken by counsel during the trial to the rejection or admission thereof, and the charge with the exceptions thereto, have been examined by me and are hereby approved and ordered to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Curtis v. WinstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  2. Lindsay v. DuttonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  3. Commonwealth v. JohnstonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

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