Campbell v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 230 Pa. 516
• 79 A. 718
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 644

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Change of grade — Damages—Leasehold—Evidence.</p> <p>1. In an action by a tenant to recover damages for injury to Ms leasehold resulting from the change of grade of a city street, a nonsuit is properly entered where the plaintiff produces no competent testimony to prove any difference in value of the leasehold before and after the change of grade.</p> <p>2. In such a case witnesses are not qualified to testify, whose only knowledge on the subject was obtained by an examination of the reports of road juries, and the awards made to tenants of other properties in the vicinity, and whose opinions are based wholly or in part on their knowledge of these awards.</p> <p>3. Proof of the cost of the tenant’s fixtures are clearly inadmissible on the question of damages.</p>