Vincent v. Woodland Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 112, .Oct. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1894, No. 57, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover commissions on alleged sale of oil leases. Before Magee, J. At the trial it appeared that, on Nov. 12, 1892, plaintiff was employed by defendant to offer to the Eastern Oil Co. certain oil property which defendant desired to sell.
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Appeal, No. 112, .Oct. T., 1894, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1894, No. 57, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover commissions on alleged sale of oil leases. Before Magee, J. At the trial it appeared that, on Nov. 12, 1892, plaintiff was employed by defendant to offer to the Eastern Oil Co. certain oil property which defendant desired to sell. On Monday, Nov. 14th, plaintiff offered the property to O’Neil, superintendent of the Eastern Oil Company at Buffalo, N. Y. Forman, the president, was in New York city. He was telegraphed to. Plaintiff…
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Mb. Justice Mitchell,
The learned judge left to the jury whether any sale was made by the plaintiff before notification of the change of price, and in doing sa he charged them, by affirming plaintiff’s third point, that the Eastern Oil Company as purchasers “ were entitled to a reasonable time in which to accept or reject the proposition, and what was such reasonable time is a question of fact for the jury,” The same principle runs through the charge as pointed out in the assignments of error, and it is plain that the finding of the jury was based upon that view of the case. But the…
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