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164 Pa. 358

Mechesney v. Unity Township

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 15, 1894

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1894-10-15

Appeal, No. 127, Oct T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Aug. T., 1889, No. 96, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Longenecker, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that, on May 30,1882, plaintiff, with a companion, Steele Mechesney, returning from Latrobe borough, drove' over a bridge which was on the boundary line between Latrobe borough and defendant township.

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Affirmed · Decided 1894-10-15

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Per Curiam,

¶1It would have been plain error to have withdrawn the case from the jury as substantially requested in defendant’s eighth point. In view of the testimony tending to prove negligence of defendant, contributory negligence of the plaintiff, eto., the case involved questions of fact which it was the exclusive province of the jury to determine; and it was submitted to them, by the learned president of the 16th judicial district, who specially presided at the trial, in a clear and comprehensive charge in which there appears to be no substantial error. It would subserve no useful purpose to notice the specifications seriatim. An examination of the record has satisfied us that neither of' them should be sustained.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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