McGrane v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 155, Oct. 1901, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 47, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Michael McGrane v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to real estate. Before Finletter, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The plaintiff in his statement averred that the defendant company had “ unlawfully, wrongfully and injuriously obstructed *202the footway or pavement ” in front of his property at the corner of Tenth and Noble streets, in the city of Philadelphia, by laying across the same a railway track, and maintaining and operating the same from January 1, 1897, to June 13, 1899. The injury alleged was the prevention of free ingress to and egress from the premises, and that access thereto and occupancy thereof was rendered dangerous and difficult; that the property was, during the…
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