Duffy v. York Haven Water & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 8, May T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., March T., 1906, No. 161, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of James Duffy et al. v. York Haven Water & Power Company. Trespass for injuries to improvements and crops. Before McCarrell, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 8, May T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., March T., 1906, No. 161, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of James Duffy et al. v. York Haven Water & Power Company. Trespass for injuries to improvements and crops. Before McCarrell, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs for $13,785. Subsequently the court entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto. It was error to enter judgment n. o.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The plaintiffs are the owners of an island in the Susquehanna river, known as “Three Mile Island” or “Duffy’s Island,” which is about 1,800 feet wide at its greatest width and about three miles in length. It is in Dauphin county, and its upper point is about two miles south of Middletown and its lowest point is about the beginning of the Conewago .falls. The line between Dauphin county and York county at this place is at low water mark on the western side of the river. At Middle-town the river bends sharply and flows thence almost due south to the falls.…
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