Henkel v. Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1903, No. 52, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Henkel v. The Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Railroad Company. Appeal from report of viewers. Before Kennedy, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff' for $66,300. Plaintiff appealed. jErrors assigned were (1-4, 5) various rulings on evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
This action was to recover the value of land taken by the defendant company under the right of eminent domain for the purpose of building a station. The specifications of error all relate to the admission of testimony offered by the defendant. The main ground of the appellant’s complaint is that the defendant was allowed to prove the circumstances attending the sale of two properties in the immediate vicinity. The plaintiff’s counsel had called the attention of witnesses on both sides to these sales, his own in their examination in chief, and on the…
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