Shaffer v. Beaver Valley Traction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 148, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., June T., 1907, No. 190, on verdict for plaintiff in the case of Mathilda Shaffer v. Beaver Valley Traction Company, operating the Freedom and Conway Street Railway. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband.
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Appeal, No. 148, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., June T., 1907, No. 190, on verdict for plaintiff in the case of Mathilda Shaffer v. Beaver Valley Traction Company, operating the Freedom and Conway Street Railway. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. The facts appear in the opinion of Holt, P. J., overruling motion for judgment non obstante veredicto as follows: i In this case the plaintiff averred negligence on the part 5 of the defendant company in making an excavation in Third avenue, in the borough of Freedom, for the purpose of laying a second track,…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The judgment is affirmed for the reasons stated in the opinion of the learned judge of the common pleas in discharging the rule for a new trial.
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