Donnelly v. Public Service Commission & Pennsylvania R. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 166, Oct. T., 1920, by Pennsylvania R. R. Co., from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 72, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Donnelly v. Public Service Commission and the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Intervener.
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Appeal, No. 166, Oct. T., 1920, by Pennsylvania R. R. Co., from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1919, No. 72, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Donnelly v. Public Service Commission and the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Intervener. Appeal by Mary Donnelly from assessment of damages by the Public Service Commission for property taken, injured or destroyed in the construction, relocation and abolition of grade-crossings, or the vacation or partial vacation of First street in the Borough of Freeport. Before King, P. J. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. was permitted by an order of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The only errors alleged in this case are that the court below erred in not giving binding instructions for defendant, and in not entering judgment in its favor non obstante veredicto. “Under these circumstances all the evidence and inferences therefrom favorable to plaintiff must be taken as true, and all unfavorable to him, if depending solely upon testimony, must be rejected”: Wiles v. Emerson-Brantingham Co., 267 Pa. 47, 49. Viewed in this light, the proofs, though covering a long period of time, are not perplexing, and the law applicable thereto, though…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Mellor v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Hedrick v. HarrisburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
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