Godley v. Hagerty
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This case came up from the Nisi Prius. It was an action on the case by John Hagerty v. Jesse Godley, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff by the falling of a storehouse owned by the defendant, and situate on Granite street, Philadelphia.
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This case came up from the Nisi Prius. It was an action on the case by John Hagerty v. Jesse Godley, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff by the falling of a storehouse owned by the defendant, and situate on Granite street, Philadelphia. In .the declaration it was alleged, that the plaintiff was a laborer; that defendant was seised of a lot of ground, on which he erected a five-story brick building, so loosely, carelessly, unskilfully, and negligently, and of such insufficient and improper materials, that the said building, in consequence thereof, suddenly fell whilst…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Woodward, J.
We have carefully considered the several errors, assigned in this cause, and all that has been urged in support of them, and we have found no ground for reversing the judgment. The evidence of Mr. Lewis was properly admitted; and the cause was put to the jury by the learned judge who presided at the trial in a manner quite as favorable to the plaintiff in error as he had any right to claim.
We care not how distinctly it is understood, that, when a man erects a building to rent, the law requires a reasonable share of that- regard for human…
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