Ebberts v. Edgewood Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 55, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 867, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of William M. Ebberts, Lula A. Ebberts and Adam R. Hays v. The Borough of Edgewood. Appeal from award of. viewers. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiffs of $1,860, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 55, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 867, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of William M. Ebberts, Lula A. Ebberts and Adam R. Hays v. The Borough of Edgewood. Appeal from award of. viewers. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiffs of $1,860, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence, as referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court, and in discharging defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
This is a change of grade proceeding; judgment was entered on a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed. The first assignment of error complains of the overruling of an objection to this question, “How far did the grade there leave that property, that lot, below the street, at the street line of the property?” propounded to one of the plaintiffs when upon the stand. The appellant contends that “the question of the amount of the change in the grade should be confined solely to ■the center line of the street,” and it argues that the testimony…
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