Scott Township v. Montgomery
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 152. Case by John M. Montgomery against the township of Scott, to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff through the alleged negligence of defendant. It appeared at the trial that on June 80th 1877, the plaintiff was driving in a buggy along a public road in the township of Scott, Allegheny county.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 152. Case by John M. Montgomery against the township of Scott, to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff through the alleged negligence of defendant. It appeared at the trial that on June 80th 1877, the plaintiff was driving in a buggy along a public road in the township of Scott, Allegheny county. He was accompanied by his driver, and was driving as usual to the railroad station, when from some unknown cause his horse suddenly shied, and ran off the road and down the hillside,…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered
2Per curiam
We think this case iyas rightly tried and submitted to the jury. Under the numerous decisions of this court on the liability of municipalities for injuries resulting from negligence in not having dangerous places on roads properly guarded, the learned judge could not have answered the points presented to him otherwise than he did. Many of these cases were cases of townships. We see nothing in the point made and reserved as to the taxable ability of the defendant. Judgment was rightly entered upon it for the plaintiff. The measure of damages was…
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