Hershberger v. Lynch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
October Term, 1887, No. 124, W. D., before Gordon, Ch. J., Paxson, Sterrett, Green, and Williams, JJ. Error to the Common Pleas No. 1 of Allegheny County to review a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action of trespass on the case for injuries.
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October Term, 1887, No. 124, W. D., before Gordon, Ch. J., Paxson, Sterrett, Green, and Williams, JJ. Error to the Common Pleas No. 1 of Allegheny County to review a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action of trespass on the case for injuries. The action was brought by Dennis Lynch against Thomas P. Hershberger, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by Lynch resulting from a collision between a carriage owned by Hershberger and a wagon owned and driven by Lynch. On July 15, 1886, Eoley & Son, undertakers, hired from Hershberger, a livery-stable keeper, a…
1Per curiam
The complaint in this case is that the defendant’s points were not clearly answered. Those points could not well be answered without some explanation; hence, they were so qualified as to give the jury proper instructions on the law governing the case. The charge as a whole was certainly clear enough, aud by it tbe jury could not have been misled.
Judgment affirmed.
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