Cooper v. Scranton City
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 14, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1898, No. 363, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George Cooper v. Scranton City. Trespass to recover damages for injury to real estate. Before Edwards, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,275. Defendant appealed. .Error assigne among others was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
There Avas no dispute as to the facts material to the consideration of this appeal. The plaintiff was the owner of a lot of ground on which was erected a block of houses fronting on the *19east side of Eighth, street in the city of Scranton. Eighth street fan from Lackawanna avenue north to Linden street. The grade of the street had been a gradual descent from the former to the latter street, and a sewer was laid in the street in 1893 which carried off all the surface water and prevented any injury to the property of the plaintiff. In 1895 the city undertook the work…
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- Mellor v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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