Feeney v. Abelson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 191, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from, judgment of C. P. Blair Co., June T., 1911, No. 136, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Christopher Feeney v. A. A. Abelson. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $821.84. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 191, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from, judgment of C. P. Blair Co., June T., 1911, No. 136, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Christopher Feeney v. A. A. Abelson. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $821.84. Defendant appealed. Error assigned amongst others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant and in overruling defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The defendant was the owner of a junk yard in which was stored a quantity of scrap and railroad iron. The plaintiff worked for him several years and was so employed at the time of the accident, out of which the action arose. The injury complained of was received while the plaintiff and two other employees of the defendant were transferring a steel beam from one part of the yard to another. The beam was eighteen or twenty feet long, one-half inch thick and fourteen inches wide in the middle and was narrower at each end. A team of horses was hitched to one end of the…
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