Snyder v. Penn Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 32, March T., 1900, by defendant, in suit of Sarah J. Snyder against the township of Penn, from judgment of C. P. Perry Co., Aug. T., 1897, No. 24, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J., Beaver and W. W. Porter, JJ., dissent. Trespass for personal injuries received through the alleged negligence of defendant. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 32, March T., 1900, by defendant, in suit of Sarah J. Snyder against the township of Penn, from judgment of C. P. Perry Co., Aug. T., 1897, No. 24, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J., Beaver and W. W. Porter, JJ., dissent. Trespass for personal injuries received through the alleged negligence of defendant. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Defendant submitted among others the following point: [11. It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff at the time of the accident was riding on a wagon, seated on the high spring seat at the right…
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Opinion by
W. D. Portee,, J.,
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries suffered in being thrown from a wagon, alleged to have been caused by the neglect of the township authorities to keep in proper condition a public road. The road in question led from Duncannon to Marysville, passing the point where the Susquehanna river curves around the end of Cove.mountain, where the entire space between the river and the precipitous mountain side was occupied by the tracks of the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad and the township road in question. The evidence clearly indicates that the…
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