Borda v. Phila. & R. R.
Borda v. Phila. & R. R.
Opinion of the Court
This action was commenced in the court below in the year 1874, and was referred to the late Peter McCall, Esq., under the act of June 16, 1836. After a thorough and exhaustive discussion of the case, both upon its law and its facts, he made an award in favor of the defendant. A large number of exceptions were taken below to his award, which were overruled by the court. Sixty-seven assignments of error were filed in .this' court, nearly all of which are to the learned referee’s findings
Judgment affirmed.
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- EUGENE BORDA v. PHILA. & R. R. CO.
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- Where judgment was entered upon the award of a referee, in a submission under § 6, act of June 16, 1836, P. L. 718, ( — in this case, an action ex delicto against a railroad company for unlawful discriminations,) the specifications of error, relating chiefly to the referee’s findings of fact, being approved by the court, and the testimony not being fully presented, the findings cannot be reviewed, even if it were proper under the act.