Lennig v. Dougherty
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 14, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 1,153, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of Lucretia C. Lennig v. William R. Dougherty. Trespass to recover damages for injuries to a building. Before Brégy, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
This action was brought to recover damages which the plaintiff alleges she sustained by reason of injuries to which her house was subjected during the erection by the defendant of a dwelling house on an adjoining lot. The defendant was not the owner of the new house but a con*200tractor for its construction. The building formerly occupying the lot was torn down and a new house erected It became necessary to underpin the party wall on the dividing line between the plaintiff’s lot and the lot on which the house was built and the party wall was used for the new house. The…
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