Rosenagle v. Handley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 225, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Mary Ann Rosenagie, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1887, No. 281, on verdict for defendant, John Handley. Trespass to recover money invested through alleged fraudulent representations of defendant.
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Appeal, No. 225, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Mary Ann Rosenagie, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1887, No. 281, on verdict for defendant, John Handley. Trespass to recover money invested through alleged fraudulent representations of defendant. The evidence on the trial before Connolly, J., was to the following effect: Defendant was counsel for plaintiff in an action on an insurance policy, but before the claim was collected defendant was elected additional law judge of Luzerne county, and the suit was concluded by J. H. Campbell. When the money was paid plaintiff gave it to…
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Mb. Justice Sterbett,
While the rulings and instructions of the learned judge were, in the main, correct, or at least free from manifest error, some of them were calculated to mislead the jury and divert their minds from a proper consideration of the real question before them, and thus to prejudice the plaintiff’s case. The 1st, 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th and 7th points for charge, submitted by her counsel, contain clear and admittedly fair statements of questions raised by the evidence and proper for the determination of the jury. For example, in the first three of these points the court was…
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