Mewes v. Crescent Pipe Line Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 461, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1893, No. 115, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal by plaintiff from the report of a jury of view, assessing damages for injuries sustained by reason of the defendant’s location and construction of its pipe line upon his farm.
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Appeal, No. 461, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1893, No. 115, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal by plaintiff from the report of a jury of view, assessing damages for injuries sustained by reason of the defendant’s location and construction of its pipe line upon his farm. Before Hemphill, J. At the trial Josiah E. Mewes, a witness for the plaintiff, was asked the question: “ Q. Before the location of this pipe line across this farm of your brother, what was it worth per acre? A. I would judge it would fetch $80.00 an acre. Q. Since the location of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
This ease came into the court below on plaintiff’s appeal from the report of viewers appointed to assess the damages he sustained by the defendant company’s location, construction, etc. of its oil pipe line across his farm. On the trial of the issue, he called eleven witnesses for the purpose of showing the character of his farm, its size and productive qualities, the extent and condition of the improvements thereon, the manner in which it had been cut by the construction of defendant’s pipe line, the way in which the soil had been broken, etc. in the…
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