Ginter v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 20 and 21, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiffs, from judgments of O. P. Jefferson Co., Aug. T., 1912,- Nos. 258 and 259, for defendant n. o. v. in cases of H. E. Ginter, Irwin Simpson, H. M. Irvin and Samuel States v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company and A. F. McClure and J. A. McClure v. Pennsylvania R. R. Company. Trespass for destruction of timber by fire.
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Appeals, Nos. 20 and 21, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiffs, from judgments of O. P. Jefferson Co., Aug. T., 1912,- Nos. 258 and 259, for defendant n. o. v. in cases of H. E. Ginter, Irwin Simpson, H. M. Irvin and Samuel States v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company and A. F. McClure and J. A. McClure v. Pennsylvania R. R. Company. Trespass for destruction of timber by fire. Before Sloan, P. J., specially presiding. ' At the trial the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in both cases. Subsequently on motion of defendant the court entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Error assigned was in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fox,
The plaintiffs in these cases were the owners of timberland in Gaskill Township, Jefferson County. Their land was not immediately adjacent to the right of way of the *476defendant company, but there were lands of other owners intervening, the land nearest the railroad being that of the Madeira Hill Coal Company at Clover Run. The Madeira Company operated a mine on its property which was in Clearfield County a short distance east of the Jefferson County line. The Madeira Company had cut the timber on its land and there were at various points near the right of way of the…
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- Guille v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. ShipleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
- McCully v. Clarke & ThawSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
- Rudgeair v. Reading Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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