Harrisburg, Carlisle & Chambersburg Turnpike Road Co. v. Cumberland County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, May T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 150, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harrisburg, Carlisle & Chambersburg Turnpike Road Company v. Cumberland County. Appeal from award of jury of view.- Before Shull, P. J., ' specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 5, May T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 150, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harrisburg, Carlisle & Chambersburg Turnpike Road Company v. Cumberland County. Appeal from award of jury of view.- Before Shull, P. J., ' specially presiding. At the trial the court admitted under objection and exception the testimony of various witnesses showing the condition of the roadbed, the value of tollhouses and tollgates, the amount of tolls, the market value of the stock, and the possible use of the road by an electric railway. [1-5] Verdict…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This appeal is from a judgment obtained in the common pleas in proceedings under the Act of June 2, 1887, P. L. 306, to assess damages for the condemnation of a part of the plaintiff's turnpike road. The main argument for the appellant is intended to show error on the part of the court in refusing to grant a new trial because of an alleged excessive verdict. The power conferred by the Act of May 20, 1891, P. L. 101, was first exercised in Smith v. Times Publishing Co., 178 Pa. 481, decided six years after the passage of the act, and in which it was said: “ It is a new power, a wide…
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- Murtland v. EnglishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Cox v. Philadelphia, Harrisburg & Pittsburg RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
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- West Chester & Wilmington Plank Road Co. v. County of ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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