Straight v. Mahoney
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. McKean Co., June T., 1899, No. 337, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of A. M. Straight v. James Mahoney. Trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful taking of personal property in a drug store'. Before Mobbison, J. At the trial the court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off.
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Appeal, No. 29, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. McKean Co., June T., 1899, No. 337, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of A. M. Straight v. James Mahoney. Trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful taking of personal property in a drug store'. Before Mobbison, J. At the trial the court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently refused to take off. On a motion to take off the nonsuit, Mobbison, J., filed an opinion in which he stated the facts to be as follows: At the trial it was conceded that for some years prior to 1896, one C. S. Whitney was the owner…
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Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff brought an action of trespass to recover in damages the value of certain “ counters, prescription case, drawers and shelving ” which were in use in a drug store that had been leased by the defendant to the plaintiff. The named articles had been placed in the drug store by a former tenant, through whom the plaintiff derived his title to them. On the trial their value was admitted to be $250, and the court, on motion of the defendant, directed a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently *158declined to take off for the reasons as stated, “ that the property…
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