Zug v. City of Pittsburg

Citations

• 194 Pa. 367
• 45 A. 61
• 1900 Pa. LEXIS 394

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Jury—Sending jury to view premises.</p> <p>On the trial of an appeal from the report of a jury of view assessing damages for the change of grade of a street, it is not error to send the jury out to view the premises, if such action will enable them better to determine the merits of the varying opinions of witnesses, and if the jury are properly cautioned by the court as to what they should do, and a representative of each party attends them.</p> <p>Road law — Change of grade — Conflicting evidence — Province of court and jury.</p> <p>On the trial'of an appeal from a report of a jury of view assessing damages and benefits from the change of grade of a street, where the opinion of the witnesses as to the difference between the value of the property before and after the change of grade is widely conflicting, the case is necessarily for the jury. :</p>