Coleman v. Towanda Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 227, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 119, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Ellen Coleman v. Towanda Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 227, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 119, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Ellen Coleman v. Towanda Township. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $300. On a rule for judgment non obstante veredicto, Fanning, P. J., filed the following opinion: The plaintiff, Ellen Coleman, instituted an action of trespass against Towanda township to recover damages sustained by the tipping of an unfastened plank on a bridge which she was crossing. The bridge in question…
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Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The opinion of the court below, discharging the rule for judgment non obstante veredicto, which is the principal assignment of error, so clearly and concisely states the facts that, if it be included in the report of this case, it will be unnecessary to restate them here..
The defendant is charged with negligence in the construction of a simple plank bridge across a run seven feet wide, or thereabouts, which crosses the ordinarily traveled roadway. There was no special plan for the construction of this bridge, requiring the employment or design of an engineer. It is *151not…
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