Reed v. Pittsburg, Carnegie & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 71, Oct. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. Term, 1901, No. 598, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary J. Reed v. Pittsburg, Carnegie & Western Railroad Company. Appeal from report of jury of view. Before Brown, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 71, Oct. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. Term, 1901, No. 598, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary J. Reed v. Pittsburg, Carnegie & Western Railroad Company. Appeal from report of jury of view. Before Brown, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $9,000. Defendant appealed. -Errors assigned were (1, 2) rulings on the evidence set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court; (3) the whole charge, quoting it; (4, 5) that the court erred in not setting aside the verdict as excessive.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Thompson,
The first two assignments of error raise the question whether two of the witnesses who testified on behalf of the appellee showed a sufficient knowledge of the market value of her property taken for railroad purposes by appellant, to qualify them to testify in regard to it.
The property is situate in Bridgeville and the first witness testified that he knew of sales made in that locality and named parties who made them; that he knew the property involved in this suit and described it as a piece of property located upon the main street of Bridgeville and upon a…
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