Green v. Central Railroad

Citations

• 224 Pa. 407
• 73 A. 459
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 809

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Verbal contract — Railroads—Taking stone for repairing roadbed — Evidence—Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action by a landowner to recover the value of the stone and earth taken from his land by a railroad company for use in repairing its roadbed, the case is for the jury where the evidence is conflicting whether the materials had been taken without authority or under a standing verbal agreement between the parties by which the company was allowed to take all the stone it might need at a fixed price per year.</p>