Northrup v. Pike Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, Jan. T., 1913, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Potter Co., March T., 1911, No. 112, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Frank D. Northrup v. The Township of Pike, Charles Deitrick, John Nelson and Thomas Dunn, Supervisors. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries,, Before Ormerod, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,240, and judgment thereon. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal, No. 120, Jan. T., 1913, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Potter Co., March T., 1911, No. 112, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Frank D. Northrup v. The Township of Pike, Charles Deitrick, John Nelson and Thomas Dunn, Supervisors. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries,, Before Ormerod, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,240, and judgment thereon. Defendants appealed. Error assigned was in the admission of certain evidence referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
On the trial of an action to recover for injuries caused by the negligence of township supervisors in not keeping a bridge in repair, the plaintiff, in order to show that the bridge wag part of a public road, offered in evidence the record of the Quarter Sessions in a proceeding by which a part of an old road was changed from its original location. The record was admitted under objection and followed by proof that the original road was laid out in 1828; that in 1905, on petition of the supervisors and others, a jury of view was appointed to report on proposed changes in the road;…
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