Lancaster County v. Lancaster City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 303 and 304, Jan. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Lancaster Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 151, and Oct. T., 1894, No. 29, on verdicts for plaintiff. Assumpsit for reimbursement under the act of April 13, 1854, for street damages, paid in excess of the amount paid by the city to the road and bridge fund of the county.
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Appeals, Nos. 303 and 304, Jan. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Lancaster Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 151, and Oct. T., 1894, No. 29, on verdicts for plaintiff. Assumpsit for reimbursement under the act of April 13, 1854, for street damages, paid in excess of the amount paid by the city to the road and bridge fund of the county. The court excluded from the jury George Flagg, John E. Sclium and Conrad Moser, of whom Flagg and Schum had been members of the city councils during the past three years, and Conrad Moser ivas a member at the time of the trial. Yerdicts were directed in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The first question raised on this appeal is over the exclusion from the jury of members of the city councils of the city of Lancaster. It is a sufficient reply to this assignment of error that the ease presented on the trial in the court below no disputed question of fact for the decision of a jury. The defendant for this reason suffered no wrong because of the exclusion, if it had been erroneous, and under a long list of cases an error that works no harm to the party complaining is not a ground for reversing a judgment otherwise free from objection. But we see…
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