Rummel v. Dilworth, Porter & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEALS BY DEPENDANTS PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Nos. 90, 91 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 269, 270 December Term 1882, C. P. No. 1. On October 23, 1882, writs of summons were served in two actions in case, one by George Rummel, Jr., by his next friend, George Rummel, against Dilworth, Porter & Co., Limited, and the other by George Rummel against the same defendant.
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APPEALS BY DEPENDANTS PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Nos. 90, 91 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 269, 270 December Term 1882, C. P. No. 1. On October 23, 1882, writs of summons were served in two actions in case, one by George Rummel, Jr., by his next friend, George Rummel, against Dilworth, Porter & Co., Limited, and the other by George Rummel against the same defendant. The plaintiff in the case last named was the father of the plaintiff in the first named case. Issues. The two cases were tried together on January 25, 1884, before Collier, J., and…
1Opinion of the Court
*519NO. 90.
Opinion,
Me. Justice Williams:
This case was first brought into this court several years ago by the plaintiff, against whom a compulsory nonsuit had been entered in the court below. The judgment of nonsuit was reversed, and the case sent back for trial: Rummel v. Dilworth, 111 Pa. 343. On the next trial a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The pending writ of error was sued out by the defendants, who- complain, not that the court below failed to follow the rule laid down by this court, but that the rule should be reconsidered and modified. We were so much impressed by the…
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