Hamory v. Pennsylvania, Monongahela & Southern Railroad

Citations

• 222 Pa. 631
• 72 A. 227
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 922

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Eminent domain — Evidence as to value of land — Division of land into lots.</p> <p>While it is proper in railroad condemnation proceedings, to take into consideration the use to which the land is best adapted, it is improper to determine the value of the whole tract by computing the number of lots it can be divided into, what each lot is worth, and the value of the whole tract estimated on this basis.</p> <p>Practice, C. P. — Trial—Improper admission of evidence — Charge.</p> <p>Where evidence has been improperly admitted which tends to prejudice the mind of the jurors, the error is not cured by an instruction in the charge to disregard it or to withdraw it from their consideration.</p>