Stevenson v. Ebervale Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 47, Jan. T., 1901, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1896, 657, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Joseph Stevenson v. The Ebervale Coal Company, Jeddo Tunnel Company, Limited, The Cross Creek Coal Company, Jeddo Coal Company, John Markle, Alvin Markle, George B. Markle, Clora Markle, Ida Hassenbruch, trading as G. B. Markle & Company, Calvin Pardee, Ario Pardee, Frank Pardee, A. S. Van Wickle, The Lehigh Valley Coal Company, Linderman…
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Appeal, No. 47, Jan. T., 1901, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1896, 657, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Joseph Stevenson v. The Ebervale Coal Company, Jeddo Tunnel Company, Limited, The Cross Creek Coal Company, Jeddo Coal Company, John Markle, Alvin Markle, George B. Markle, Clora Markle, Ida Hassenbruch, trading as G. B. Markle & Company, Calvin Pardee, Ario Pardee, Frank Pardee, A. S. Van Wickle, The Lehigh Valley Coal Company, Linderman and Skeer, The Black Ridge Coal Company, M. S. Kennnerer and Company and Coxe Brothers and 'Company. Trespass to recover…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bbown,
The real complaint of the appellants is that the verdict is excessive. The only reason assigned in the application for a new trial in the court below was, that the damages assessed by the jury were too high, and, by the twenty-seventh and last assignment of error, which is not sustained, we are asked to reverse or modify the judgment for the same reason. We are urged not to remit the case for another trial, but, under the power conferred by the Act of May 20, 1891, P. L. 101, to reduce the verdict to such a sum as, in our judgment, under the testimony, will be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lentz v. Carnegie Bros., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Westmoreland County1892
- Eshleman v. Martic TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Elder v. Lykens Valley Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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- Stevenson v. Ebervale Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Rankin v. HelmsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
- Orr v. Dayton & Muncie Traction Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1911
- Dyson v. Commonwealth Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
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