McCauley v. Logan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 86, Oct T., 1892, by defendant, Alex. W. Logan, trading as J. W. Logan & Sons, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1890, No. 515, on verdict for plaintiffs, David McCauley et al. Trespass for injury to false works of bridge. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court, Collier, J., refused defendant binding instructions. [1] Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $2,332.15. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 86, Oct T., 1892, by defendant, Alex. W. Logan, trading as J. W. Logan & Sons, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1890, No. 515, on verdict for plaintiffs, David McCauley et al. Trespass for injury to false works of bridge. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court, Collier, J., refused defendant binding instructions. [1] Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $2,332.15. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was refusal of instructions, quoting point.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The plaintiffs in this case were bridge builders who had erected a false works in the Allegheny river at Pittsburgh, in *204the building of a bridge across the river at that place. The defendant was engaged in the lumber business on the river, and had a lumber yard at Tarentum, a place on the river about twenty miles above Pittsburgh. On the night of May 20, 1890, two boats loaded with lumber and belonging to the defendant were tied up a short distance above his yard at Tarentum, and one of them, the outside one, became detached from the other, in some way not…
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