Cage v. Township of Franklin
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 185, April T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., April T., 1896, No. 233, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Rice, P. J. W. W. Porter, J., dissents. Trespass. Before Crawford, P. J. At tbe preceding argument of this appeal the judgment of the court below was affirmed, as will appear by the report of the case in 8 Pa. Superior Ct. 89, Rice, P. J., and Beaver, J.„ dissenting.
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Appeal, No. 185, April T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., April T., 1896, No. 233, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Rice, P. J. W. W. Porter, J., dissents. Trespass. Before Crawford, P. J. At tbe preceding argument of this appeal the judgment of the court below was affirmed, as will appear by the report of the case in 8 Pa. Superior Ct. 89, Rice, P. J., and Beaver, J.„ dissenting. For statement of facts and arguments of counsél and the assignments of error in full reference may be had to the former report. The following are assignments of error sustained by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The plaintiff, a liveryman in Waynesburg, let a horse and buggy to George Hickey to drive to Brownsville. Before reaching the bridge where the accident happened the horse *536threw back his ears, and, without apparent cause, evinced a disposition to balk, but did not come to a standstill at that point. When, however, they reached the bridge he balked and backed the buggy off the bridge and over the embankment at the side of the road. No harm was done. Hickey and his wife then got out of the buggy, and he led the horse across the bridge to a point, according to his testimony,…
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