Shaw v. Plains Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 449, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Luzerne Co., March T., 1918, No. 328, on verdicts for plaintiffs, in ca.se of Ethel Shaw, by her father and next friend, Martin Shaw, and Martin Shaw, each in his and her own right, v. Plains Township. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Garman, J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for Ethel Shaw for $2,250, and for Martin Shaw for $969. Separate judgments were entered on the verdicts.
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Appeal, No. 449, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Luzerne Co., March T., 1918, No. 328, on verdicts for plaintiffs, in ca.se of Ethel Shaw, by her father and next friend, Martin Shaw, and Martin Shaw, each in his and her own right, v. Plains Township. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Garman, J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for Ethel Shaw for $2,250, and for Martin Shaw for $969. Separate judgments were entered on the verdicts. The defendant took a joint appeal. Error assigned, among others, was refusal of defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v., quoting…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
There is a single appeal before us from two judgments, one for an injured minor child and the other for her father.
*388In Geiger v. Garrett, a similar case, except that the appeal was by the plaintiffs (handed down April 11, 1921 and reported in 270 Pa. 192), we said: “The suit was properly brought as a joint action under the Act of May 12, 1897, P. L. 62, which, while providing for such an action, also provides for separate verdicts, separate judgments and separate executions, and says nothing on the subject of appeals; in all the respects stated, it is exactly like the Act of May 8,…
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