Engle v. Luzerne County Gas Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 8, March T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Jan. T., 1904, No. 150, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Engle v. The Gas Company of Luzerne County. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to property. Before Halsey, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $200. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 8, March T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Jan. T., 1904, No. 150, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Engle v. The Gas Company of Luzerne County. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to property. Before Halsey, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $200. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing binding instructions for defendants, and answers to various points.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Two suits were tried before the same jury, one brought by the wife' of the plaintiff against the defendant, for damages done to her house and lot; the other, which we have for consideration on appeal, brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, for damages to personal property contained in and about the house. Whatever the result of the suit by the wife may have been, it is not before us.
There is no exception to the charge of the court relating to the measure of damages alleged to have been sustained by the parties to these two suits respectively.
The locus in quo, so…
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- Helbling v. Allegheny Cemetery Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Sulphur Spring Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Keats v. Gas Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Rife v. MiddletownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
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