Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 216 and 217, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1913, Nos. 464 and 465, in eases of Knickerbocker Ice Company v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company; American Ice Company v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for the destruction by fire of plaintiffs’ buildings. Before Davis, J. From the record it appeared that the trial lasted nine days and that 80 witnesses were heard.
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Appeals, Nos. 216 and 217, Jan. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1913, Nos. 464 and 465, in eases of Knickerbocker Ice Company v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company; American Ice Company v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trespass to recover damages for the destruction by fire of plaintiffs’ buildings. Before Davis, J. From the record it appeared that the trial lasted nine days and that 80 witnesses were heard. Verdict for Knickerbocker Ice Company for $58,500.00 and for American Ice Company for $71,500.00. Errors assigned were various assignments…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
We have here two appeals, in cases which were tried together in the court below, were argued together here, and will be disposed of in one opinion.
The principal questions here presented for consideration, are whether there was sufficient evidence of the cause of the fire, and of the negligence of the defendant company, to justify the submission of these questions to the jury. The points are fairly raised in the first and second assignments of error, which are respectively to the refusal by the court below of binding instructions for defendant, and to the refusal…
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