Peterson v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 300, Jan. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Clinton Có., Sept. T.,1896, No. 127, dismissing appeal from award of arbitrators and refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Erick L. Peterson v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company and William Couvert and E. K. Bauer. Trespass for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 300, Jan. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Clinton Có., Sept. T.,1896, No. 127, dismissing appeal from award of arbitrators and refusing to take off nonsuit, in case of Erick L. Peterson v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company and William Couvert and E. K. Bauer. Trespass for personal injuries. From the record it appeared that after the case had been placed at issue the defendants obtained a rule of reference which resulted in an award of $1,650 against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and a finding’ of no cause of action as to the other two defendants, Couvert and Bauer. It…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam,
A careful consideration of the testimony and of the rulings complained of in the specifications has convinced us that no error was committed by the learned court below on the trial or ’ in the dismissal of the plaintiff’s appeal as to Couvert and Bauer six months prior thereto. The issue, after this dismissal, was between Peterson and the Railroad Company. On the trial of the case and at the close of the plaintiff’s testimony the defendant’s counsel moved for a compulsory nonsuit which after argument was awarded. Before the nonsuit was entered the plaintiff moved the court to amend…
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