Batteiger v. Pennsylvania Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 116, April T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of 0. P. Mercer Co., Oct. T., 1913, No. 45, on verdict for plaintiff in case of C. H. Batteiger v. Pennsylvania Company. Assumpsit to compel the return of money found by plaintiff and given into the custody of the defendant. Before Holt, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $85.24. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 116, April T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of 0. P. Mercer Co., Oct. T., 1913, No. 45, on verdict for plaintiff in case of C. H. Batteiger v. Pennsylvania Company. Assumpsit to compel the return of money found by plaintiff and given into the custody of the defendant. Before Holt, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $85.24. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady,. P. J.,
On March 9, 1913, the plaintiff, upon entering the smoking car of a passenger train of the defendant company, noticed upon a seat he was about to occupy, a book or purse which he picked up, and believing it had been overlooked by one of. two passengers who left the train at that station, notified the conductor of the fact and handed the package to him to be delivered to the rightful owner. Not finding him before the train started, the plaintiff and conductor examined the book and found it to contain $83.23 in money, but nothing to identify *197the owner. The conductor…
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