Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 66, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1916, No. 4939, for plaintiff in case of The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, Trustee under the will of Mary J. Miles, deceased, v. City of Philadelphia. Appeal from award of viewers .assessing damages for taking of property in opening up a street. Before . Davis, J. ‘ The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 66, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1916, No. 4939, for plaintiff in case of The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities, Trustee under the will of Mary J. Miles, deceased, v. City of Philadelphia. Appeal from award of viewers .assessing damages for taking of property in opening up a street. Before . Davis, J. ‘ The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $483,854.67 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were sustaining objections…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for the value of its property taken under the right of eminent *441domain. The property is situated within the lines of the improvement referred to in our opinion in Philadelphia Parkway, 250 Pa. 257. Defendant appeals.
At the trial defendant called two real estate men as expert witnesses. They were objected to on the ground that they had been previously employed by plaintiff in relation to the same matter, had made reports to plaintiff, and had not been released from that employment. On being examined preliminarily, they…
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