Bruch v. Shafer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 24, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 53, on verdict for defendant in case of Grover Bruch v. Howard S. Shafer. Assumpsit to enforce an agreement to refund money. Before Scott, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 24, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 53, on verdict for defendant in case of Grover Bruch v. Howard S. Shafer. Assumpsit to enforce an agreement to refund money. Before Scott, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged, inter alia, as follows: But one of those questions that have been thus in dispute is a matter for my determination and not yours, and that is the point in dispute between these parties as to whether there was an express agreement that the money should be returned upon…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The defendant was the owner of a bottling business with the necessary machinery and equipment to operate it. Negotiations were begun between him and the plaintiff looldng to the purchase of this property by the latter and his brother, John Bruch, who resided in the city of Boston. Some correspondence had passed between the brothers, as a result of which John Bruch gave his assent to join in the proposition as he understood it. Upon what representations, if any, made by Shafer to the plaintiff and transmitted by him to his brother, the assent of the latter was secured, we…
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