Brown v. Arrott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in an action of assumpsit brought by Andrew Brown against James Arrott, in which a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant.
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ERROR to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in an action of assumpsit brought by Andrew Brown against James Arrott, in which a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant. It was the same case which is reported at large in 6 Whart. 9, by the name of Arrott v. Brown, a verdict having passed in the first trial in favour of the plaintiff, Brown, which was there reversed, and on the second trial the verdict passed for the defendant, Arrott, on which the present writ of error was taken out by the plaintiff, Brown. The facts of the case are fully stated in 6 Whart.…
1Opinion of the Court
*416The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The defendant having been the factor of the plaintiff, the latter seeks to charge the former in this action, among other things, with certain losses arising from sales made by the defendant or his sub-agent, of goods belonging to the plaintiff, which losses, as the plaintiff alleges, have accrued from the negligence and want of proper care on the part of the defendant. The counsel of the defendant, aware no doubt that it was the duty of their client, as the agent of the plaintiff, to show that he had kept him apprised of his doings, and that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Beckman v. ShouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
- Arrott v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
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- Kunes v. McCloskeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Haebler v. LuttgenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Cloyd v. ReynoldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Lease v. ChristySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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