Rundell & Co. v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 34, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from final order of C. P. Bradford Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 148, refusing to take off a compulsory nonsuit, in case of Cora Rundell and Alfred C. Blackwell, trading and doing business as Rundell & Company, v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Trespass to recover damages for the destruction of plaintiffs’ building by fire communicated from the tracks of a railroad company.
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Appeal, No. 34, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from final order of C. P. Bradford Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 148, refusing to take off a compulsory nonsuit, in case of Cora Rundell and Alfred C. Blackwell, trading and doing business as Rundell & Company, v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Trespass to recover damages for the destruction of plaintiffs’ building by fire communicated from the tracks of a railroad company. Before Maxwell, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme.Court states the facts. The trial judge entered a compulsory nonsuit which the court subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to take off a judgment of compulsory nonsuit. The plaintiffs, doing business as Rundell & Company, sought to recover damages from fhe Lehigh Valley Railroad-Company, for the destruction by fire of certain buildings and their contents, the property of plaintiffs, which fire it was alleged was caused by negligence of the employees of defendant company, in operating a switch engine. The buildings were erected-upon land leased from the Pennsylvania and New 'York Canal and Railroad Company, but they were not located…
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