Jones v. Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 18, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 848, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Charles B. Jones v. Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. ' The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $15,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 18, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 848, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Charles B. Jones v. Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. ' The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $15,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were answers to points, the refusal of the court to direct a verdict for defendant and to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Mesteezat,
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries caused, as alleged by plaintiff, by the negligence of the defendant corporation.
It is agreed that practically all the facts are undisputed. At the date of the accident in 1913, the defendant was, and for four years prior thereto had been, in possession of and operating, under a lease, a mine shaft, known as Shaft No. 4, in Cambria County, an electric power plant, situated at Ehrenfeld, supplying electric power to the mine, and also a private telephone line connecting various points on the company’s…
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