Szeits v. Chriss
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 90, April T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny County, January T., 1920, No. 671, dismissing a petition to allow an appeal from the county court in the case of R. A. Szeits v. F. W. Chriss. Petition to allow an appeal from the judgment of the county court. Before Carpenter, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court dismissed the petition. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This action had its origin in the County Court of Allegheny County, where judgment was entered against the defendant, in an action of trespass for negligence. The case having been tried before a judge, without the intervention of a jury, the defendant moved the court for a new trial, alleging two reasons therefor: (1) That the court erred in finding the defendant guilty of negligence, and (2) That “Plaintiff is not a citizen and therefore the action brought by him in the above stated case could not be maintained or proceeded with, an action at law during the duration of the war”;…