Ackley v. Bradford Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 110, Oct. T., 1906, by plaintiff, from judgment of V. P. McKean Co., June T., 1902, No. 136, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of V. L. Ackley v. Bradford Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ormerod, P. J., specially presiding. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Frror assigned was in entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblady, J.,
The cause of the injuries sustained by the plaintiff, as determined by the verdict, was a two-strand fence wire extending across, and eleven to thirteen feet above the surface of, a public highway on which he was driving. Six years previous to the accident the wire had been so placed by the owner of an oil well to serve as a supporting guy for a structure on one side of the road and made fast to a tree on the opposite side. The plaintiff was engaged in hauling wood on bobsleds, on which there was a flared rack loaded so as to be between six and seven feet high, and…
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