Clough v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF DELAWARE COUNTY. No. 158 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On February 15, 1886, John Clough brought case against Sellers Hoffman to recover damages for personal injuries suffered through the alleged negligence of the defendant. The defendant’s plea was not guilty. At the trial on March 7, 1887, the plaintiff recovered a verdict for $1,000, and judgment was afterwards entered thereon.
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF DELAWARE COUNTY. No. 158 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On February 15, 1886, John Clough brought case against Sellers Hoffman to recover damages for personal injuries suffered through the alleged negligence of the defendant. The defendant’s plea was not guilty. At the trial on March 7, 1887, the plaintiff recovered a verdict for $1,000, and judgment was afterwards entered thereon. That judgment was reversed by the Supreme Court, with an award of a venire facias de novo, upon a writ of error at No. 187…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams:
This case was here one year ago, and is reported in 124 Pa. 505. The questions to which our attention was then called are not now before us, but the plaintiff in error insists that there was no sufficient evidence of negligence to justify the submission of his responsibility, for the accident complained of, to the jury.
This question is raised by the first point of the defendant below, which asked the court to instruct the jury that, “ There being no evidence in this case that the lid of the well was left in an unsafe condition at the time of the accident, by the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hoffman v. CloughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
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