Rafferty v. Pittsburg
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 176, April T., 1900, by plaintiff, in suit of Louise Rafferty, administratrix of the estate of M. J. Rafferty, deceased, against the city of Pittsburg, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1897, No. 615, on verdict for defendant. Opinion by Orlady, J. Assumpsit. Before Kennedy, P. J. Material facts appear in the opinion of the court. The court below gave binding instructions in favor of defendant.
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Appeal, No. 176, April T., 1900, by plaintiff, in suit of Louise Rafferty, administratrix of the estate of M. J. Rafferty, deceased, against the city of Pittsburg, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Aug. T., 1897, No. 615, on verdict for defendant. Opinion by Orlady, J. Assumpsit. Before Kennedy, P. J. Material facts appear in the opinion of the court. The court below gave binding instructions in favor of defendant. At the trial the court below sustained defendant’s objection to plaintiff’s offer in rebuttal, which offer, the objection thereto and the action of the court thereon,…
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Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
M. J. Rafferty was during his life a duly commissioned and acting alderman in the city of Pittsburg. A large number of suits were instituted before him, in the name of the city against divers persons, to recover penalties for failure to comply with an ordinance of the city regulating and providing for vehicle licenses. Some of these suits were proceeded in in such a manner that judgments were entered in favor of the defendants and against the plaintiff for costs of suit. M. J. Rafferty died on March 6, 1897, and this action was brought by his administratrix against the…
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