Leach v. Philadelphia, Harrisburg & Pittsburgh Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 118, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 156, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of S. B. Leach v. Philadelphia, Harrisburg & Pittsburgh Bailroad Company. Appeal from award of viewers in condemnation proceedings. Before Staples, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,550 and judgment thereon.
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Appeal, No. 118, Jan. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 156, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of S. B. Leach v. Philadelphia, Harrisburg & Pittsburgh Bailroad Company. Appeal from award of viewers in condemnation proceedings. Before Staples, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,550 and judgment thereon. Plaintiff appealed. were rulings on evidence and instructions to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
From the record in this case, it appears that S. B. Leach, the plaintiff, purchased at different times three small pieces of ground, situated in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, south of the Borough of Lemoyne. In the deeds to Leach, the lots were described - as extending to, and bounded on the north by an alley, fifteen feet wide, which was shown upon a recorded plan. *520The tracks of the defendant company were located immediately north of the alley, which separated its right of way from plaintiff’s land, along its northern line. For the purpose of…
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