Beardslee v. Columbia Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 259, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from judgmetit of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1895, No. 218, on verdict for defendant. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Dunham, P. J., of the 44th judicial district, specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that on September 6,1894, Martha Beardslee while riding in a wagon with her son was injured by the wagon going over an alleged dangerous and unguarded place in the road.
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Appeal, No. 259, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from judgmetit of C. P. Bradford Co., Feb. T., 1895, No. 218, on verdict for defendant. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Dunham, P. J., of the 44th judicial district, specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that on September 6,1894, Martha Beardslee while riding in a wagon with her son was injured by the wagon going over an alleged dangerous and unguarded place in the road. When E. E. Yanvalkner, a witness called by plaintiff, was on the stand, he was shown on cross-examination, a photograph marked exhibit “ E,” and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The first three assignments of error are to the use of a photograph and permitting witnesses to indicate upon it to the jury the exact place of the accident, without any preliminary proof that it represented the place at all, and especially in view of the admission that it was not taken until after changes had been made in the road. This was error at the time. But it appears *502that before the photograph was formally admitted in evidence, proof had been supplied of the identity of the locality, the'general faithfulness of the representation, and the nature of the…
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