Shafer v. Senseman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE NORTHAMPTON • COUNTY. No. 175 January Term, 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 5 August Term 1888, C. P. On June 12, 1888, Eugene L. Shafer brought an action of assumpsit against Caroline Sensemau, executrix of Comenius Senseman, deceased, upon the following instrument: “ Nazareth, March 29, 1875. “ Six months after the date when Eugene L. Shafer loses his situation as teacher at Nazareth Hall, I promise to pay to said Eugene L. Shafer the…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE NORTHAMPTON • COUNTY. No. 175 January Term, 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 5 August Term 1888, C. P. On June 12, 1888, Eugene L. Shafer brought an action of assumpsit against Caroline Sensemau, executrix of Comenius Senseman, deceased, upon the following instrument: “ Nazareth, March 29, 1875. “ Six months after the date when Eugene L. Shafer loses his situation as teacher at Nazareth Hall, I promise to pay to said Eugene L. Shafer the sum of three thousand dollars without defalcation for value received. Provided that the said Eugene L. Shafer loses…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark:
It is conceded that at the date of the obligation in suit, Eugene L. Shafer was a teacher in the Moravian school at Nazareth, known as Nazareth Hall, of which Rev. Eugene Leibert was the principal. Shafer’s wife was a daughter of Comenius Senseman, the obligor, who was at the time a widower, and had in contemplation a second marriage with a certain Mrs. Knauss. Mrs. Shafer, with her husband, lived at home with her father. The effusive character of the courtship, and the contemplated marriage of the father were exceedingly distasteful to Mr. and Mrs. Shafer, and, on…
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