Coles v. Schweppenheiser

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Appellant complains of judgment against him in favor of a tenant, Coles, whose wife was injured, as the jury found, by appellant’s negligence; his only question is, whether a verdict for defendant should have been directed.

The evidence supporting the verdict, to which our consideration is limited, (Geiger v. Garrett, 270 Pa. 192), leaves nothing to support the appeal. Appellant owned a lot in Berwick, Pennsylvania, 50 x 123 feet, extending from Mulberry Street to Ben’s Alley, with what the witnesses call a “three family house” on each front; each was occupied by three…