Reading City v. Davis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Jan. T., 1893, by defendant, Reese Davis, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Aug. T., 1890, No. 47, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for driving over land condemned for public use. Tbe facts appear by tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 7, Jan. T., 1893, by defendant, Reese Davis, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Aug. T., 1890, No. 47, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for driving over land condemned for public use. Tbe facts appear by tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court. At the trial, before Endlich, J., defendant’s points were as follows: “ 1. If tbe jury believe that tbe driving upon tbe land described in the declaration,, to and from tbe Pennsylvania Schuylkill'Valley Railroad siding as described by Mr. Harper, one of the plaintiff’s witnesses, in nowise interfered with or impaired the full, free, and ample…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chibe Justice Steeebtt,
By regular legal proceedings, promoted by the city of Reading, part of defendant’s farm — over twelve acres — was condemned in 1890 for the purposes of a pumping station; and, as compensation therefor, the sum of nine thousand five hundred dollars was awarded and paid to him. About an acre of the land thus taken consists of a narrow strip, extending more than half its length along the Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad, used as a lane connecting the pumping station lot proper with the highway. By the concession of the city’s representatives, the…
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