Mintzer v. Greenough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 416, Jau. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 1004, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Finletter, P. J. . This action was brought by Laura Y. Mintzer against the trustees under the will of William Hogg, Jr., for personal injuries received by stepping into a hole in the sidewalk on the southern side of East York street near Jaspar street.
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Appeal, No. 416, Jau. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 1004, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Finletter, P. J. . This action was brought by Laura Y. Mintzer against the trustees under the will of William Hogg, Jr., for personal injuries received by stepping into a hole in the sidewalk on the southern side of East York street near Jaspar street. Five trustees are appointed by the will, and are named in the summons ; one of them is dead and two are nonresidents. The summons was served on only two of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Stebbett,
While the manner in which the defendants sought to perfect their appeal, etc., after .the record was sent up here, is irregular *144and unsatisfactory, we all agree that in view of the special circumstances of the case—especially the illness of the learned trial judge, etc.—the motion to quash the appeal should not prevail; and the motion is therefore denied.
Without unnecessarily consuming time in referring here to the evidence relied on by the parties respectively, it is sufficient to say that our examination of the record has not disclosed any error in the…
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