Cage v. Township of Franklin
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 185, April T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., April T., 1896, No. 233, on verdict for plaintiff. Rice, P. J., and Beaver, J., dissent. Trespass.
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Appeal, No. 185, April T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., April T., 1896, No. 233, on verdict for plaintiff. Rice, P. J., and Beaver, J., dissent. Trespass. Before Crawford, P. J. On the trial of the case there was evidence tending to show that on the 24th day September, 1895, Charles E. Cage, the plaintiff, (a liveryman of Waynesburg, Pa.) hired a horse and buggy to George Hickey, who intended to drive his wife and child to Brownsville in Fayette county. They left Waynesburg about 1 o’clock, p. M., and on reaching á small bridge about two miles east of Waynesburg, in…
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Porter, J.,
The first and second assignments of error are to the admission of certain evidence. The paper-book of the appellant does *94not furnish a reference to the pages of the testimony, nor to the names of the witnesses. In addition, the appellee alleges that no such testimony as that assigned for error was offered, and that no exception was or could have been taken. An examination of the testimony apparently confirms this allegation. Furthermore, the assignments are defective in form. They need not be discussed.
The tenth and eleventh assignments of error are based upon points of…
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