Schonhardt v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 69, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., March T., 1905, No. 66, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Schonhardt et al. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Appeal from award of jury of view.
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Appeal, No. 69, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., March T., 1905, No. 66, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Schonhardt et al. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Appeal from award of jury of view. Before O’Connor, P. J. At the trial counsel for plaintiff offered in evidence petition and bond of John Schonhardt for a license to sell liquor at retail in the premises in question, situate in the tenth ward, city, of Johnstown, filed January 16, 1905. Also offers a demurrer objecting to the granting of the license to John Schonhardt at this place, said demurrer…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
This action was to recover the value of a hotel property appropriated by the railroad company, defendant, in widening its roadbed. The assignments of error that need be considered relate to the admission and rejection of testimony. The plaintiffs offered in evidence a record of the quarter sessions which showed that an application for a license had been filed after the bond to secure the owners had been approved, and that a remonstrance had been filed by the defendant. This record was admitted ; it should have been excluded. The damages were to be determined as of…
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