Fereira v. Sayres
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia. This suit was brought by Edward S. Sayres against Louis Gomez Fereira, Gideon T. Snow and Henry T. Mansfield, who survived John T. Mansfield, late trading under the firm of L. G. Fereira & Mansfield.
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ERROR to the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia. This suit was brought by Edward S. Sayres against Louis Gomez Fereira, Gideon T. Snow and Henry T. Mansfield, who survived John T. Mansfield, late trading under the firm of L. G. Fereira & Mansfield. It was an action of assumpsit for work, labour and services as an agent in the defendants’ employ till the 21st of August 1839, and the following correspondence was given in evidence: Pernambuco, 10th March 1833. My dear sir,—I shall be much disappointed if you should be in the U. S. on the arrival of the vessel by which I…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
Whether there was a hiring for a year, was a fact for the jury, and if the decision of that question was taken from them, it was erroneous. But the presumption is that the court have not violated so plain a rule of law; therefore he who alleges it is bound to prove it- by the record itself. And this has been attempted, but, as we think, without success; for judging from the record and disregarding altogether the conflicting recollections of counsel, the case would appear to have been ruled on the conceded facts that there was a hiring for a…
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