Tagg v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Philadelphia county; Of January Term 1882, No. 69. Assumpsit, by John T. Tagg, to use of Horace F. Weeks, against Jonas Bowman. The narr. contained only the common, counts. Pleas, non assumpsit, payment, payment with leave, &c., and set-oil with leave, &c.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Philadelphia county; Of January Term 1882, No. 69. Assumpsit, by John T. Tagg, to use of Horace F. Weeks, against Jonas Bowman. The narr. contained only the common, counts. Pleas, non assumpsit, payment, payment with leave, &c., and set-oil with leave, &c. On the trial, before Peirce, J., the following facts appeared: On January 31st 1877, the plaintiff, Tagg, executed to the defendant his bond and mortgage, on the premises at the southeast corner of Tenth aud Pine streets, to secure the sum of §4,666.66. The said premises were already subject to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercub
This suit was for money defendant had collected under a letter of attorney from the legal plaintiff. It authorized him to collect of a certain tenant of the plaintiff, the rents of a property specified, and directed him to pay the same to lien creditors named, designating the order of payment, and to pay the residue, if any, over to the plaintiff. The defendant collected rents, but failed to pay the same according to directions. He held a judgment against the legal plaintiff, aud on the trial of this cause was permitted to set it off, and recover a judgment against Tagg, for the amount which…
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