Legal Opinion

Tiffany v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 7, 1918No. Appeal, No. 113PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal, No. 113, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Susquehanna Co., Aug. T., 1912, No. 193, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Jennie L. Tiffany v. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. Appeal from award of board of viewers in condemnation proceedings. Before Little, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the fact. Verdict for plaintiff for $3,168.10 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stewart,

In many of its features this case closely resembles that of Hall versus the same defendant in which the opinion has just been handed down. Both were appeals from judgments entered in proceedings for the assessment of damages for appropriation of land under the right of eminent domain, and the questions here raised, with a single exception, are questions discussed in the former case. The assignments of error presented in each for our consideration relate in the main to the admission and rejection of evidence upon the trial. Plaintiff is the owner of a farm in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rea v. Pittsburg & Connellsville RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  2. Davis v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  3. White v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. United States v. 60.14 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Warren and McKean Counties, State of Pennsylvania, and Arthur W. SeibelCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
  2. In re Appropriation of Property of EllisOhio Court of Appeals · 1955
  3. Schuck v. West Side Belt R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  4. United States v. 60.14 Acres of LandDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
  5. Hall v. Hall, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County1981

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