Eichbaum v. Irons
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
, THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought in the District Court of Allegheny county, by John Irons against William Eichbaum John D. Davis, William Black, and William D. Darlington. The case was this. When the event of the presidential election in 1840 had been ascertained, General Harrison’s friends in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, met at the plaintiff’s tavern, their late head-quarters, to discuss the propriety of celebrating their success by a public entertainment.
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, THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought in the District Court of Allegheny county, by John Irons against William Eichbaum John D. Davis, William Black, and William D. Darlington. The case was this. When the event of the presidential election in 1840 had been ascertained, General Harrison’s friends in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, met at the plaintiff’s tavern, their late head-quarters, to discuss the propriety of celebrating their success by a public entertainment. It was resolved that a free dinner should be prepared by t-he plaintiff to compensate him for the use of his house as a political…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
This case is unique, but readily resolvable on principle. It seemed, at first, to resemble the case of a committee sued for the price of meats and wines furnished on its order to a club; but though the defendants acted in obedience to a constituency, it was, unlike a club, which is a permanent body, an intaetible and irresponsible one. The plaintiff, being examined without objection, testified that he furnished the dinner on the order of the whig party, but that it was to the committee he looked for payment. It is probable that neither he…
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