Halahan v. Cassidy
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 198, Oct. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1898, No. 389, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for injuries resulting from carelessness and negligence of defendant, a practicing dentist. Before AudenKIBD, J. No exception was taken to the charge of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $300. Defendant appealed. No errors were assigned.
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Appeal, No. 198, Oct. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1898, No. 389, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for injuries resulting from carelessness and negligence of defendant, a practicing dentist. Before AudenKIBD, J. No exception was taken to the charge of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $300. Defendant appealed. No errors were assigned. In our judgment to permit this verdict to stand would result in great injury to defendant, mulct him in damages, and present a bid for this class of actions, and would ultimately ruin the best…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee CtrKiAM,
As the appellant filed no assignments of error the appellee was entitled to have the appeal quashed or a judgment of non-suit entered. Even if the appellant had assigned for error the matter complained of in the oral argument and printed brief of his counsel, the only difference in the result would be, that the judgment would be affirmed. The cause was submitted to the jury in a charge to which he took no exception, and of which, even now, he does not complain. Concededly, the case was for the jury; the only complaint is that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and…
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