Hoffman v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 322, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 557, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Benjamin Hoffman v. The .City of Philadelphia. Appeal from award from board of viewers in eminent domain proceedings. Before Carr, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for ,$18,000.00 and judgment' thereon. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was instructions to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
The proceeding in the court below was an issue for the ascertainment of damages sustained by the plaintiff in the taking of his land by the City of Philadelphia for park purposes. On his appeal from the judgment on the verdict in his favor his sole complaint is that the trial judge erred in instructing the jury as to his right to compensation for delay in paying him his damages. The six assignments of error raise no other question. In his opinion refusing a new trial the learned trial judge comments on certain facts as having been sufficient to warrant a…
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