Coles v. Meade
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 18, April T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1894, No. 946, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from judgment of alderman. Before Collier, J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $100. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned among others were (1) In not granting a nonsuit.
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Appeal, No. 18, April T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1894, No. 946, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from judgment of alderman. Before Collier, J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $100. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned among others were (1) In not granting a nonsuit. (2) In not giving the first instruction ashed for: “ The plaintiff’s claim being based on an account for commissions for the sale of real estate, if the jury believes from the evidence that the plaintiff did not have…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Reeder, J.,
This was an action by the plaintiff to recover $100 upon a contract made between himself and the defendant to pay the plaintiff that sum, providing lie found a purchaser for a property who would pay $3,400 purchase money.
The questions of fact in this case were fairly submitted to the jury upon adequate and competent testimony, and determined in favor of the plaintiff.
The only legal question that is raised by the assignments of error is that which is embraced within the first, second and third assignments, the contention of the defendant being that, as the plaintiff is not…
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