Snyder v. Steinmetz & Zearfoss
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1897, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., May T., 1897, No. 71, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from magistrate. Before Schuyler, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1897, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., May T., 1897, No. 71, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from magistrate. Before Schuyler, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $68.00. Defendants appealed. .Errors assigned were, (1) The charge of the court below is misleading when he says to the jury that “ it is an undisputed fact that the plaintiff rendered the services for which he seeks to recover.” The part of the charge where the court misleads the jury is as follows: “ It is…
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Beaver, J.,. The plaintiff, a driver of a horse which he attended only during working days, being in the .employ of the defendants at a stipulated rate of wages, which were paid at the end of each week, alleged that one of his employers had handed him the keys of the stable in which the four horses belonging to the defendants were kept, saying “ You take ca're of the horses and feed them and I will make arrangements with you in a day or two.” This was immediately after another employé in the service of the defendants, who had general charge of the horses and their exclusive care on…
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