Casey v. Pennsylvania Asphalt Paving Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 159, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1899, No. 612, non obstante veredicto, in case of Lawrence Casey v. Pennsylvania Asphalt Paving Company. Trespass for personal injuries. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff, a colored boy, twenty-two years of age, was injured on October 9,1899, while in the employment of the defendant company at its manufacturing establishment.
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Appeal, No. 159, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1899, No. 612, non obstante veredicto, in case of Lawrence Casey v. Pennsylvania Asphalt Paving Company. Trespass for personal injuries. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff, a colored boy, twenty-two years of age, was injured on October 9,1899, while in the employment of the defendant company at its manufacturing establishment. Slagle, J., stated the facts to be as follows: The evidence showed that the cog wheels upon which plaintiff fell were placed against a blank furnace wall and…
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Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
The apparent lack of harmony in some of the decisions relating to reserved points disappears in a great measure, if not wholly, when attention is given to the substance instead of to the form of the reservation. The object in reserving a point is to give the trial judge an opportunity carefully to consider a doubtful question of law which arises at the trial, and upon which the decision of the case depends. The power to do this is an important aid in the administration of the law, in avoiding delay at the trial, and in saving the expense and delay of a new trial…
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