Nernst Lamp Co. v. Hill
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 228, Oct. T., 1913, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1909, No. 892, on directed verdict for plaintiff in case of Nernst Lamp Company v. C. P. Hill and G. Brown Hill, trading as Doubleday-Hill Electric Company. Assumpsit on a book account. Before Reed, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The court directed a verdict for plaintiff for $2,424.80, upon which judgment was entered. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal, No. 228, Oct. T., 1913, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1909, No. 892, on directed verdict for plaintiff in case of Nernst Lamp Company v. C. P. Hill and G. Brown Hill, trading as Doubleday-Hill Electric Company. Assumpsit on a book account. Before Reed, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The court directed a verdict for plaintiff for $2,424.80, upon which judgment was entered. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in giving binding instructions for the plaintiff. The prior suit and arbitrator’s award were not a final…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The action was in assumpsit to recover a book account for goods sold and delivered. Under binding instructions a verdict was recovered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $2,424.80. Motions for a new trial and for judgment non obstante were overruled, and judgment was accordingly entered on the verdict. This appeal follows. The reasons on which the learned trial judge based his conclusions are very clearly set out in the opinion filed.
That the goods claimed for had been sold and delivered was not disputed; nor was any exception taken to the prices charged.…
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