Schott v. Harvey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ebbob to the Court of Common Pleas Ho. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1888, Ho. 226. Case, by Matilda H. Schott, by her next friend Christian Schott, against Joseph Harvey, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff, caused as alleged by the failure of the defendant to provide a fire escape for a certain factory, of which defendant was the “owner,” as required by the Act of June 11, 1879, (P. L. 128). The defendant pleaded specially that the…
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Ebbob to the Court of Common Pleas Ho. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1888, Ho. 226. Case, by Matilda H. Schott, by her next friend Christian Schott, against Joseph Harvey, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff, caused as alleged by the failure of the defendant to provide a fire escape for a certain factory, of which defendant was the “owner,” as required by the Act of June 11, 1879, (P. L. 128). The defendant pleaded specially that the factory, at the time of the injury, was in the actual possession of a tenant under a lease from defendant. The following…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The Court below entered judgment for the defendant upon the special verdict. This is the only error assigned.
The said verdict finds, inter alia, that the defendant was seised in fee of the Randolph Mills at the time they were destroyed by fire on the night of October 12, 1881; that he was hot in the actual possession thereof on that day, having previously leased the same to Charles H. Landenberger, who was the tenant occupying the same; that the said mill was burned on the night before stated; that it was more than three stories high; that the plaintiff, with other operatives; was at work in…
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