West Mahanoy Township v. Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 435 January Term 1887, Supt. Ct.; Court below, 294 July Term 1884, C. P. In the court below this was an action in case for negligence by M. C. Watson against the township of West Mahanoy, Schuylkill county, for damages for the loss of a pair of horses, a sleigh and harness. On January 16, 1884, two horses and a sleigh, owned by M. C. Watson, were being driven along a public highway in West Mahanoy township, Schuylkill county.
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No. 435 January Term 1887, Supt. Ct.; Court below, 294 July Term 1884, C. P. In the court below this was an action in case for negligence by M. C. Watson against the township of West Mahanoy, Schuylkill county, for damages for the loss of a pair of horses, a sleigh and harness. On January 16, 1884, two horses and a sleigh, owned by M. C. Watson, were being driven along a public highway in West Mahanoy township, Schuylkill county. Striking upon an ash heap, the sleigh was upset, the driver thrown out and the body of the sleigh separated from the runners. The driver was dragged some distance…
1Opinion of the Court
*349Opinion,
Mr. Justice Gordon :
As we now have this case presented to us we find the evidence much more full and complete than when it was here before. On this last trial the course of the horses was traced with accuracy from the point where the upset occurred, at the ash heap in the township road, to the place on the railroad where they were struck and killed by the moving locomotive. We have also that which we had not in the former ease, a full and particular detail of the manner and immediate cause of their death. On this point we give a summary of the testimony of Jeremiah Ryan, the fireman…
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