Seifred v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 268, Jan. T., 1902, 'by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Snyder Co., June T., 1901, No. 106, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William P. Seifred v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McClure, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court sufficiently states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $5,433. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence and various instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestbezat,
It is not the number of exceptions taken during the trial nor the number of assignments of error filed in this court that determines the importance of the cause or the merits of the appeal when the case reaches the appellate court. This suggestion has been made so often by this court that its repetition would seem useless were it not that occasionally counsel still seem to think it necessary to raise the same question by several different assignments of error. Here we have seven assignments which raise but the single question of the competency of a witness to…
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