Ehret v. Schuylkill River East Side R. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 266, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1886, No. 747, on verdict for plaintiffs, M. Ehret, Jr., & Co. Issue directed on appeal from award of viewers assessing damages for taking tar works by defendant. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 266, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Pbila. Co., Sept. T., 1886, No. 747, on verdict for plaintiffs, M. Ehret, Jr., & Co. Issue directed on appeal from award of viewers assessing damages for taking tar works by defendant. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial, before Bbegy, J., one of the plaintiffs, M. Ehret, Jr., was asked: “Q. What did it cost you in order to enable you to complete your contract, in addition to what it would have cost you if they had taken your property ? ” Objected to. Mr. Johnson: I offer to prove that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Stebbett,
In September, 1886, the plaintiffs were in possession of a lot at southeast corner of Filbert street and Schuylkill river—part of the city gas works property—fronting about one hundred and fifty feet on said river and extending back about sixty feet, on which valuable machinery was erected for the purpose of distilling crude tar made by the gas works. They were then engaged in the prosecution of that business.
The railroad company defendant, having previously located its road on the lot, entered thereon by virtue of its right of eminent domain, and, as alleged by…
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