McDermott v. Consolidated Ice Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 68, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny County, Feb. T., 1906, No. 102, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Catherine McDermott, a minor, by her next friend, W. S. Sullivan and Bridget McDermott, mother of said Catherine McDermott, v. Consolidated Ice Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Evans, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 68, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny County, Feb. T., 1906, No. 102, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Catherine McDermott, a minor, by her next friend, W. S. Sullivan and Bridget McDermott, mother of said Catherine McDermott, v. Consolidated Ice Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Evans, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for Catherine McDermott for $2,200 and for Bridget for $300. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various instructions referred to in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
This case and that of Bridget McDermott, against the same defendant, post, p. 454, were tried together in the court below and the appeals from the judgments there rendered were argued together in this court on a single paper-book. The questions raised by the appeals are identical, and the opinion in the present case will sufficiently indicate the reasons for the judgment to be entered in both.
The verdict establishes that the injury to the plaintiff was caused by a fire started by the defendant’s servant, to burn the waste paper which had accumulated in its office building…
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