Iron City Automobile Co. v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 218, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1913, No. 1248, on verdict for defendant in case of Iron City Automobile Company v. City of Pittsburgh. Appeal from award of board of viewers. Before Reid, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for the defendant and judgment thereon. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 218, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1913, No. 1248, on verdict for defendant in case of Iron City Automobile Company v. City of Pittsburgh. Appeal from award of board of viewers. Before Reid, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for the defendant and judgment thereon. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence, the charge of the court and in entering judgment on the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschziskee,
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered on a verdict for the defendant, in a case involving the exercise by the latter of the right of eminent domain. The City of Pittsburgh regraded all thoroughfares in a neighborhood known as the “Hump District”; the plaintiff was a subtenant of certain premises located in a street affected by the change of grade; its property had a frontage of 60 feet, and the cut in the grade at this point ran from 24 inches at one end of its building to 2 inches at the other, although, during the course of the…
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