Ramage v. Lower Burrell Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 36 and 37, April T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., May T., 1911, No. 715, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of B. F. Ramage and Mathilda Ramage, his wife, v. Lower Burrell Township. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Doty, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for B. F. Ram-age for $600 and for Mathilda Ramage for $300, Defendant appealed.
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Appeals, Nos. 36 and 37, April T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., May T., 1911, No. 715, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of B. F. Ramage and Mathilda Ramage, his wife, v. Lower Burrell Township. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Doty, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for B. F. Ram-age for $600 and for Mathilda Ramage for $300, Defendant appealed. Subsequently on a rule for judgment for defendant n. o. v. Doty, P. J., filed the following opinion: The principle which controls- this case is that it is the duty of a municipality having control of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
This action of trespass was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by Mrs. Ramage in an accident on a public highway in the defendant township. The basis of the action was the alleged negligence of the township in not maintaining a substantial fence or barrier on the roadside at the place where a pony, which Mrs. Ramage and her son were driving, suddenly took fright and backed the buggy with its occupants down and off the highway, a distance of about thirty feet. The trial of the case in the court below resulted in a verdict in favor of B. F. Ramage, the…
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