Starcher v. South Penn Oil Co.

Ritz, Judge :

In a suit by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Oliver Norman, deceased, to recover from the defendants South Penn Oil Company and United Fuel Gas Company damages for the death of his decedent caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants, a verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff, from which this writ of error is prosecuted.

It appears that there was a road running up what is called Big Run. This was not a public highway as is shown by the record, but it was a way that had been used for many years by a considerable number of people living up…