Dixon v. Snyder
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Blair Co., March Term, 1911, No. 285, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Dixon v. Snyder Township. Trespass to recover damages for the loss of a horse and injuries to a buggy and harness. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $206. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 107, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Blair Co., March Term, 1911, No. 285, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Dixon v. Snyder Township. Trespass to recover damages for the loss of a horse and injuries to a buggy and harness. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $206. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various instructions, and in not answering one of the several points which the defendant submitted.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The first and chief question involved in this appeal is whether or not the Act of June 30,1885, P. L. 251, applies to township authorities using a steam roller in the ordinary construction and repair of the public roads. If it does not, it must be because the language of the statute is not sufficiently broad to include such municipal authorities; or because, if first included in the general language of the enacting portion of the statute, they are later excluded by some clause or proviso exempting persons or classes who would otherwise be bound by it.
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- Keeley v. ShanleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891