Van Steuben v. Central R. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 87, July T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., July T., 1895, No. 87, on verdict for defendant. ■ . Trespass to recover damages for property alleged to have been destroyed by fire through the negligence of defendant. Before Scott, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 87, July T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., July T., 1895, No. 87, on verdict for defendant. ■ . Trespass to recover damages for property alleged to have been destroyed by fire through the negligence of defendant. Before Scott, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Plaintiff, by nine separate offers, proposed to prove by Joseph Applegate, Eugene Graver, Bishop Judd, John Ruple, William Root, William R. Wohlback, Eugene Kindt, Edna Redener and Mrs. Emma Kindt, that during that summer, and shortly before and shortly after the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice McCollum,
Three questions are raised by the specifications of error: (1) Was the action, in view of the leases given in evidence, maintainable against the defendant? (2) Was there sufficient evidence of negligence to submit to the jury? (3) Was the evidence as to the condition of the unidentified engines properly excluded ? These questions will be considered in the order in which they are stated.
The action was brought to recover damages for the destruction of plaintiff’s buildings by fire caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant as the lessee of the Lehigh &…
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