Brownfield v. Hughes
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
No. 151 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 211 September Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On October 5, 1886, Thomas Hughes brought case against Robert L. Brownfield and H. P. Lummis, trading as Brownfield & Co., to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants. . Subsequently, the name of H. P. Lummis was stricken from the record, and the cause proceeded against R. L. Brownfield alone, who pleaded not guilty.
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No. 151 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 211 September Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On October 5, 1886, Thomas Hughes brought case against Robert L. Brownfield and H. P. Lummis, trading as Brownfield & Co., to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants. . Subsequently, the name of H. P. Lummis was stricken from the record, and the cause proceeded against R. L. Brownfield alone, who pleaded not guilty. At the trial on May 9,1888, the facts shown by the testimony were in substance as follows: In the winter of 1885-6, the defendant erected an…
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Opinion,
Mb Justice Sterbett :
This case was submitted to the jury in a voluminous charge of eighteen printed pages, wherein their attention was called to the facts which it was claimed the evidence tended to establish, as well as the principles of law applicable thereto. The jury by their verdict found that the injury complained of resulted from defendant’s neglect of duty, and that plaintiff below was not guilty of contributory negligence. It would be a waste of time to review either the evidence or the principles of law applicable to the case. The facts which the former tended to prove have…
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