Purdy v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 21, Oct. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1897, No. 5, refusing to' take off nonsuit in case of Samuel Purdy v. Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Trespass for personal injuries. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial the court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was in refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum:,
The plaintiff instituted this suit for the purpose of obtaining compensation for an injury which he alleged he received through the negligence of the defendant company. On the trial of the case the court, adjudging the testimony introduced to establish his claim insufficient, entered a judgment of compulsory non-suit. The plaintiff then moved the court in banc to take it off, which motion upon hearing had, was denied. This appeal was the result of the denial.
The plaintiff testified that he was a common laborer employed by the defendant company to work in its…
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