Clay v. Western Maryland Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 383, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., Sept T., 1907, No. 115, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alfred M. Clay v. The Western Maryland Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 383, Jan. T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., Sept T., 1907, No. 115, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alfred M. Clay v. The Western Maryland Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Sadler, P. J., charged in part as follows: The plaintiff in this case has brought his action to recover from the Western Maryland Railroad Company, the defendant, damages to compensate him for the injuries he received on February 21, 1906, from the alleged negligence of the employees of the said defendant. It appears that the plaintiff was the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
When an appellant in a negligence case deems it necessary to specify forty-four assignments of error, the reasonable inference is that the case was either very well tried, or very poorly tried, in the court below. If there is anything in the record to justify the numerous assignments, the case must indeed have been carelessly and indifferently presented and considered at the trial. On the other hand, it may be, that the case was so well tried that the learned counsel for appellant, finding it difficult to assign any material and reversible error, have concluded to…
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