Gehringer v. Lehigh County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 252, Jan T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lehigb Co., Sept. T., 1909, No. 34, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie E. Gehringer v. Lehigh County. Trespass .to recover damages for death of plaintiff's husband. Before Trexler, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $5,000. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various instructions set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The verdict was for the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed. The principal question involved is stated by appellant as follows: “Is a county liable for damages suffered through a failure of the part of the floor system of one of its bridges while there was being taken across it a load which, in respect of weight and otherwise, was different in character from the ordinary and usual travel over the highway in the locality of the bridge at the time it was built, but not different from such travel at the time of the accident, if the county commissioners…
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