Addis v. Hess
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 1783, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alice Addis, a minor, by her father, Charles A. Addis, individually, and Charles A. Addis, father of Robert D. Addis, a minor, deceased, v. Henry E. Hess or Harry E. Hess. Trespass to recover damages for the deatb of a child. Before McMichael, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 120, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 1783, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alice Addis, a minor, by her father, Charles A. Addis, individually, and Charles A. Addis, father of Robert D. Addis, a minor, deceased, v. Henry E. Hess or Harry E. Hess. Trespass to recover damages for the deatb of a child. Before McMichael, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $212. Defendants appealed. Error assigned among others was in refusing binding instructions for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beater, J.,
The defendant was erecting a block of houses on the east side of Wanamaker street, which runs north from Arch, between Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth streets, in' the city of Philadelphia. He had a permit from the city authorities to use the street, within certain limits, for piling materials for his building operation. So far as appears by the evidence the lumber, which was part of his building material, was dumped or piled within the limits allowed. For the purposes of this case, therefore, the defendant was legally in possession of that portion of the street occupied by…
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