Geroski v. Allegheny County Light Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 27, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., First Term, 1911, No. 338, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Geroski v. Allegheny County Light Company, a corporation. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,783.50 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 27, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., First Term, 1911, No. 338, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary Geroski v. Allegheny County Light Company, a corporation. Trespass to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,783.50 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
Mary Geroski brought this action of trespass against the Allegheny County Light Company, to recover damages for the death of her husband, John Geroski, which she alleges was due to the negligence of defendant. Geroski was a coal miner and lived at Glendale, Allegheny County. He was also the janitor of the Polish Falcon Hall at that place. The hall fronts on a public *306street, and. upon the roof of the front portion of the hall, there is a flagpole. The wires of the defendant company are strung upon poles along the side of the street in front of the hall, at a…
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