Balser v. Young
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 119, April T., 1919, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1917, No. 1527, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of William Balser and Corinne Balser, his wife, v. George W. Young, Victor J. Schmitt and John L. Schmitt, partners trading as Young & Schmitt. Trespass to recover damages for death of minor child. Before Evans, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 119, April T., 1919, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1917, No. 1527, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of William Balser and Corinne Balser, his wife, v. George W. Young, Victor J. Schmitt and John L. Schmitt, partners trading as Young & Schmitt. Trespass to recover damages for death of minor child. Before Evans, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $750 and judgment thereon. Defendants appealed. Errors assigned were refusal to give binding instructions for the defendant and to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
' The assignments of error are confined to the court’s refusal: (1) to give binding instructions in favor of the *504defendants, and (2) to enter judgment in their favor non obstante veredicto, raising thereby but the single question, whether the case should have been submitted to the jury. No error is assigned to the charge of the court, and we are, therefore, not concerned with the alleged errors contained in it which are referred to in the appellants’ argument, provided the case was one for the jury. In disposing of this question we are bound to consider the evidence from…
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