Dannals v. Sylvania Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, Jan. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Potter Co., Dec. T., 1914, No. 151, on verdict for pláintiff, in case of Martha L. Dannals v. Sylvania Township. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for |3,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 108, Jan. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Potter Co., Dec. T., 1914, No. 151, on verdict for pláintiff, in case of Martha L. Dannals v. Sylvania Township. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for |3,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant, in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v., in refusing to withdraw a juror and continue the case and instructions to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
In this action of trespass, the plaintiff sought to recover damages from the Township of Sylvania, Potter County, for the death of her husband, Charles E. Dannals, which she alleged was due to the negligence of the supervisors of the township.
It appears that on April 11, 1914, about eight o’clock in the evening, while walking on a public road in the defendant township, near the village of Costello, Charles E. Dannals fell down an embankment at the side of the road, upon railroad tracks which were below, and received injuries which caused his death. Plaintiff…
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