Galbraith v. Philadelphia Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, April T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1894, No. 85, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from award of viewers. Before Rayburn, P. J. At the trial it appeared that this was a proceeding to recover damages for injuries to land caused by the construction of a pipe line. The plaintiff testified that he had lived upon the land for ten or eleven years.
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Appeal, No. 9, April T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1894, No. 85, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from award of viewers. Before Rayburn, P. J. At the trial it appeared that this was a proceeding to recover damages for injuries to land caused by the construction of a pipe line. The plaintiff testified that he had lived upon the land for ten or eleven years. He explained to the jury the quality of the land, the structures upon it and the character of the work of the defendant in laying its pipe line. He also testified as to the condition of the ground…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Willard, J.,
The appellee is the owner of a tract of land in the township of South Buffalo in the county of Armstrong. The appellant is a natural gas company engaged in the transportation and sale of natural gas. In 1894 the appellant constructed a twenty inch pipe line through the property of the appellee a distance of one thousand and sixty feet. Viewers were appointed to assess damages and on an appeal from their award the case was tried in the court of common pleas of Armstrong county, and under instructions from the court the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the appellee for…
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