Mast v. Lancaster County

Per Curiam,

Defendant appeals from the refusal of a new trial in an action for damages for land taken in connection with the relocation of a state highway in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County.

The jury returned a verdict in writing as follows: “And now, to wit, November 24, 1931, we, the jurors empaneled in the above case, find in favor of Levi K. Mast $2,300.00 twenty-three hundred dollars and against with interest from July 22, 1929, $323.72,” using a printed form sent out with them by the court. The trial judge, who had in his charge instructed that, if a verdict was found for plaintiff,…