Shimer v. Easton Railway Co.

Citations

• 205 Pa. 648
• 55 A. 769
• 1903 Pa. LEXIS 633

Syllabus

<p>Land damages— Competency of witness — Knowledge of land prior to ■damage done — Street railways.</p> <p>A witness called to estimate and give an opinion as to the damage done to land by the construction of a trolley road must have had a knowledge of the land and its value prior to the construction of the road, otherwise he is incompetent.</p> <p>Land damages — General appreciation of property — Street railways.</p> <p>A landowner, in an action for damages to his land caused by the construction of a trolley road on a highway running through it, is entitled to any increase in the value of his land by reason of the general appreciation of property in the neighborhood because of the construction of the trolley road. The jury in estimatifig the damages cannot charge the landowner with the general appreciation of property in diminution of his damages.</p>