Pennock v. Crescent Pipe Line Co.
Citations
- 170 Pa. 372
- 32 A. 1085
- 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1415
Syllabus
<p>Pipe lines — Eminent domain — Evidence—Competency of witness.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for injury caused by the location and construction of a pipe line across a farm, a witness is competent to testify as to damages, who has knowledge of the land, and has knowledge of the prices brought by other lands in the neighborhood which had pipe lines across them.</p> <p>A witness who was not upon the ground when the work was done is not competent to testify as to construction damages caused in the laying of a pipe line.</p>
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Judges: Dean, Fell, McCollum, Mitchell, Sterrett
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