Crawford v. Allegheny City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, No. 65, Oct. T. 1888, to O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., to review a judgment on a verdict for the defendant in an action on the case, at June T. 1887, No. 162. Clark, J., absent.
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Error, No. 65, Oct. T. 1888, to O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., to review a judgment on a verdict for the defendant in an action on the case, at June T. 1887, No. 162. Clark, J., absent. The cause of action, as stated in the paper book of plaintiff in error, was substantially as follows: This was an action brought by J. A. Crawford, a manufacturer of lumber on the Allegheny river, against the City of Allegheny, as the owner of a public wharf on the banks of the said river, to recover the value of timber and logs swept away by a flood in Feb., 1884. The timber and logs were stored above his mill…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J.,
We have examined the paper books in this case with care, but we cannot find in them the facts necessary to an intelligent determination of the questions raised by the assignments of error. The action is brought against the City as the owner of a public wharf on the banks of the Allegheny river, to recover the value of timber and logs swept away by the flood which occurred in February, 1884. No part of the evidence has been laid before us. In the absence of that, we have turned to the history of the case in the plaintiff’s paper book for information. Here we find it stated that…
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