CHAMBERLAIN v. PENN-RICH CON. CO., INC.


400 Pa. 485 (1960)

Chamberlain, Appellant, v. Penn-Rich Contracting Company, Inc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Foster, with him Martin H. Philip, and Cletus M. Lyman for plaintiff.

J. Wesley McWilliams, with him Glenn A. Troutman, and Loose, Kerestes & Bayer, and McWilliams, Wagoner & Troutman, for defendant.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BOK, June 30, 1960:

The single question is the plaintiff's contributory negligence. He has appealed because the court below held him guilty of it in an illogical order refusing judgment n.o.v. but granting a new trial on its own motion for the reason given.

Plaintiff had deep-mined the property, which is near Junedale in Carbon County and on which he was hurt, but a cave-in had buried his machinery...

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