Murdock v. Martin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 268 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 291 September Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On October 9,1886, Edwin O. Murdock brought case against Luther Martin, Jr., and Robert W. Martin, surviving Luther Martin, trading as L. Martin & Co., and on December 6,1886, filed a narr declaring for the recovery of commissions claimed to be due from the defendants upon sales of lampblack under a…
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 268 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 291 September Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On October 9,1886, Edwin O. Murdock brought case against Luther Martin, Jr., and Robert W. Martin, surviving Luther Martin, trading as L. Martin & Co., and on December 6,1886, filed a narr declaring for the recovery of commissions claimed to be due from the defendants upon sales of lampblack under a written contract between the parties. On December 10th, the plaintiff filed a bill of particulars of his claim. After an…
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Mr. Justice Clark :
The new procedure act of May 25, 1887, P. L. 271, so far as it has any relevancy to this case, provides that the plaintiff’s declaration, in the action of assumpsit, “ shall consist of a concise statement of the plaintiff’s demand, as provided by the fifth section of the act of the 21st day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and six,” which “ shall be accompanied by copies of all notes, contracts, book-entries,” etc., “ upon which the plaintiff’s claim is founded,” etc.; the statement “ shall be signed by the plaintiff, or his attorney; ” and, “in the…
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