Levy v. Cooke
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 418 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 54 January Term 1889, C. P. On December 21, 1888, Isaac E. Levy brought trespass against Robert Cooke, Jr. Issue.
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No. 418 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 54 January Term 1889, C. P. On December 21, 1888, Isaac E. Levy brought trespass against Robert Cooke, Jr. Issue. At the trial, on February 3, 1891, before Furst, P. J., the plaintiff submitted testimony showing that on July 30, 1888, Max Levy executed and delivered to him a bill of sale of personal property, consisting of horses, harness, covered wagon, with a stock of dry goods contained in said wagon; also two cases of blankets and ladies’ clothing belonging to him, “ and now in the care of Mr. McCormick, the blacksmith, at his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett:
There are only two specifications of error in this case. As to the first, it is scarcely necessary to repeat, what has been heretofore so often said, that the refusal of the court to enter a judgment of compulsory nonsuit is not assignable for error: Easton Bor. v. Neff, 102 Pa. 474; and cases there cited. The second is the rejection of defendant’s offer, which, with the objections thereto and ruling of the court thereon, are fully set forth in the specification.
The bearing of the proposed evidence will be better understood by premising that this is an action of…
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