Case Name: Morton, Admrx., et al. v. Dormont Borough, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1941-11-24
Citations: 343 Pa. 432
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 165
Parties: Morton, Admrx., et al. v. Dormont Borough, Appellant.
Judges: Before Schaffer, C. J.; Maxey, Drew, Linn, Patterson and Parker, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 343
Pages: 432–433

Head Matter:
Morton, Admrx., et al. v. Dormont Borough, Appellant.
Argued October 1, 1941.
Before Schaffer, C. J.; Maxey, Drew, Linn, Patterson and Parker, JJ.
A. G. Purdy, with him 8. A. Schreiner, for appellant.
Mahlon E. Lewis, with him W. Denning Stewart, of Stewart & Lewis, Owen S. Cecil and Wiiliam J. Kenney, for appellees.
November 24, 1941:

Opinion:
Pee Cueiam,
This appeal is from judgment on a verdict for damages resulting to plaintiffs' farm from the appellant's construction and use of two sewers. At the first trial, a compulsory nonsuit was entered, a judgment reversed for the reason stated in the report of the case: 334 Pa. 283, 5 A. 2d 803, where the facts will be found sufficiently stated for present purposes. At the second trial the evidence offered in support of the respective contentions of the parties was carefully submitted to the jury with clear instructions as to the rules to be applied in dealing with it. While the witnesses for the appellant testified that plaintiffs' land was not damaged by the public improvement, there was equally positive evidence on behalf of plaintiffs that damage was sustained. In such circumstances judgment n. o. v. cannot be entered. The instructions on allowance for detention were within the familiar rule: Wayne v. Penna. R. R. Co., 231 Pa. 512, 515, 80 A. 1097. None of the assignments merits discussion.
Judgment affirmed.