County of Allegheny v. Gibson's Son & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 168. This case was certified to the Middle District from the Western District. It was originally brought in Allegheny county, but the venue was afterwards changed to Beaver county.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 168. This case was certified to the Middle District from the Western District. It was originally brought in Allegheny county, but the venue was afterwards changed to Beaver county. Trespass on the case by John Gibson’s Son & Co., of Philadelphia, against the county of Allegheny, for the loss of sixty barrels of whiskey, destroyed by the mob during the labor riots, which occurred in said county in July 1877. At the trial, before Hice, P. J., it appeared that the whiskey was shipped at Cincinnati on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This was one of the cases brought against the county of Allegheny to recover damages for property destroyed by the mob during the riots of 1877. The particular property which is the subject of this suit consisted of sixty barrels of whiskey, belonging to the plaintiffs below. It was wholly destroyed, and its value is not disputed. A verdict and judgment were had in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendants have removed the record to this court for review. The questions it presents are of grave importance.
The plaintiffs have no common-law remedy. They must recover, if at all, by virtue of…
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