Munis v. Oliver
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 30, Oct. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1901, No. 275, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of Alexander Munis v. Edmund Oliver. Assumpsit for wages as watchman. Verdict for plaintiff for $53.50 subject to question of law reserved. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
The plaintiff sued the defendant before a justice of the peace on a claim of $200 for services alleged to have been ren*65dered in watching certain property seized by the sheriff through his deputy, Wolfe, by virtue of a writ of foreign attachment. If the plaintiff was employed at all it was by the deputy sheriff without the knowledge of the sheriff and without any special authority to so employ the plaintiff. There was a judgment before the magistrate for $200 and- costs from which the defendant appealed. The trial in common pleas resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff…
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