Cooper v. Walther
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 136, April T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P.. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1905, No. 821, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. S. Cooper v. Charles L. Walther and Frederick C. Sauers. Assumpsit for breach of a contract.
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Appeal, No. 136, April T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P.. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1905, No. 821, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. S. Cooper v. Charles L. Walther and Frederick C. Sauers. Assumpsit for breach of a contract. Before Ford, J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $474.34. On a motion for judgment for defendants non obstante veredicto, Ford, J., found the facts to be as follows: Mary I. Gates and Annie E. Brown, respectively, owned adjoining lots fronting on Diamond street, in the city of Pittsburg. Each of the lots or pieces of…
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Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
It clearly appears from the statement of claim filed in this case that the action is not brought on account of an, indebtedness of Mary I. Gates and Annie E. Brown for the payment of which money or other valuable thing was placed by them in the hands of the defendant but for dam*302ages for a breach of the contract entered into by Joseph Painter, agent for Mrs. Gates and Mrs. Brown, which contract it is alleged the defendants assumed. The plaintiff made a proposal to Mr. Painter to construct a sidewalk in front of two lots on Diamond street in the city of Pittsburg owned…
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