Gibson v. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of the Superior Court, April T., 1908, No. 38, affirming judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 26, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Martin L. Gibson v. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company. Appeal from judgment of the Superior Court. Errors assigned appear from the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This was an action of trespass brought in the court of common pleas of Butler county by Martin L. Gibson against the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company, to recover damages for the killing of plaintiff’s horse and for injuries to his buggy and harness alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant’s servants. Upon appeal to the Superior Court the judgment was affirmed, and from this judgment of the Superior Court the present appeal was taken.
It appears that the plaintiff was the owner of a livery stable in the borough of Butler. On June 25, 1906, he…
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