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MORRIS v. COMMONWEALTH

367 Pa. 410 (1951)

Morris v. Commonwealth, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph W. Peacock, with him Charles J. Margiotti, Attorney General, Phil H. Lewis, Deputy Attorney General, Joseph C. Laws, John R. Rezzolla, Jr., and Thomas C. Evans, for appellant.

Howard F. Carson, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, May 23, 1951:

Following condemnation by the Commonwealth of a portion of the land of Perry F. Morris, appellee, for the relocation of a highway, viewers awarded him damages in the sum of $4,500. The Commonwealth appealed and a jury awarded damages in the amount of $10,000. The Court refused the Commonwealth's motion for new trial upon appellee's filing a remittitur reducing the verdict to $8,000. The Commonwealth now appeals from the...

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