Cox v. Wilson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 65, April T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co.,-June T., 1902, No. 167, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Thomas J. Cox v. Jefferson Wilson et al. Trespass vi et armis. Before Wilson, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $45.00. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 65, April T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co.,-June T., 1902, No. 167, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Thomas J. Cox v. Jefferson Wilson et al. Trespass vi et armis. Before Wilson, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $45.00. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in the following form : 1. The court erred in refusing to grant defendant’s motion for a compulsory nonsuit. 2. The court erred in charging the jury that he (Jefferson Wilson), after the purchase was made, “ went on the land and located the road where he wanted it placed, agreeing at…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
Although the assignment in this case contains six specifications of error none can be sustained. The first alleges error in the refusal to grant a compulsory nonsuit; this is not re*637viewable. The second sets forth a portion of one sentence as erroneous without anything to indicate its bearing or its alleged injury to the defendant; this severance from its proper place in the sentence tends to confusion and is a perversion-of the charge when properly read and .considered and for this reason it is fatal: Irvin v. Kutruff, 152 Pa. 609. The third and fourth specifications are…
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