Reyenthaler v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 168, July T., 1893, by plaintiff, Emanuel G. Reyenthaler, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 634, on verdict for defendant. Appeal from assessment of land damages for opening street.. At the trial, before Wilson, J., plaintiff by his own testimony sought to convey the- impression that certain buildings on the line of the street had been torn down by the city. He testified as follows on this subject.
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Appeal, No. 168, July T., 1893, by plaintiff, Emanuel G. Reyenthaler, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 634, on verdict for defendant. Appeal from assessment of land damages for opening street.. At the trial, before Wilson, J., plaintiff by his own testimony sought to convey the- impression that certain buildings on the line of the street had been torn down by the city. He testified as follows on this subject. On cross-examination: “ Q. What became of the buildings that you speak of that were in the line of the street? A. They were torn down. You folks know very…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
This was an appeal from the award of a jury, appointed to assess damages caused by the opening of Jackson street.
The first exception is to the admission of testimony on the part of the defendant to show what had become of the buildings which stood within the line of the street. The plaintiff in his examination in chief had described the buildings, and said they had been torn down; and in his cross-examination had at least intimated that they had been torn down and removed by the city. The testimony complained of was to rebut this. It was in contradiction of…
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