Philadelphia Ball Club, Ltd. v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 223, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of G. P. No. 4, Pbila. Co., June Term, 1893, No. 1190, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from award of road jury. Before Audenbled, J. At the trial it appeared that the damages claimed were for injuries caused by the change of grade of Broad street abutting upon the plaintiff’s ball ground.
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Appeal, No. 223, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of G. P. No. 4, Pbila. Co., June Term, 1893, No. 1190, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from award of road jury. Before Audenbled, J. At the trial it appeared that the damages claimed were for injuries caused by the change of grade of Broad street abutting upon the plaintiff’s ball ground. This change of grade took place August 1, 1893. The elements of the damages claimed are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows: Mr. Rogers, Mr. Shetzline, and Mr. Reach, all of whom qualified as experts,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Green,
The solution of the questions arising upon this record is not difficult if we do but define with accuracy the rule which controls the assessments in all cases of this character. There has never been a better statement of that rule than was given in the case in which it originated. Although that decision was made seventy-eight years ago, it has proved itself equal to all the emergencies and contingencies, and all the ever varying conditions and questions that have been developed in the almost innumerable cases that have arisen since it was pronounced. Fortunately…
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