Mellick v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Ct. Jan. T., 1901, No. 42, affirming judgment of C. P. Columbia Co., May T., 1898, No. 14, on verdict for plaintiff in case of G. B. Mellick v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Appeal from Superior Court. The facts appear in tbe opinion of the Supreme Court. The case is reported in 17 Pa.
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Appeal, No. 206, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Ct. Jan. T., 1901, No. 42, affirming judgment of C. P. Columbia Co., May T., 1898, No. 14, on verdict for plaintiff in case of G. B. Mellick v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Appeal from Superior Court. The facts appear in tbe opinion of the Supreme Court. The case is reported in 17 Pa. Superior Ct. 12. Error assigned was in the following form : “ That the Superior Court erred in directing judgment in the following language, viz : We can find no reversible error committed and, therefore, the judgment is affirmed. “…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The assignments of error are not in the best form, being mainly propositions or detached quotations from the opinion of the Superior Court. The question here is not whether the Superior Court was critically accurate in all its statements of law or fact, but whether it was correct in its dealing with the alleged errors of the court below. In regard to the assignment of errors, an appeal from the Superior Court to this court is analogous to an appeal from a judgment of the common pleas or orphans’ court on exceptions to the findings and report of an auditor or…
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