Guillou v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1876, No. 125. Assumpsit by Rend Guillou, administrator c.' t. a. of the estate of Samuel L. Haven, deceased, against Edward W. Gould, Theodore R. Strong, Jesse White, Jr., and Pearson S. Peterson, late copartners as Gould, Strong & Co. Plaintiff filed a narr. in the common counts, and claimed to recover, 1. The sum of $28,437.50, being the proceeds of $25,000 United States 5-20 bonds, belonging…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1876, No. 125. Assumpsit by Rend Guillou, administrator c.' t. a. of the estate of Samuel L. Haven, deceased, against Edward W. Gould, Theodore R. Strong, Jesse White, Jr., and Pearson S. Peterson, late copartners as Gould, Strong & Co. Plaintiff filed a narr. in the common counts, and claimed to recover, 1. The sum of $28,437.50, being the proceeds of $25,000 United States 5-20 bonds, belonging to the estate of Samuel L. Haven, deceased, which were sold, on or about December 14th 1871, by the firm of Gould,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The court below having entered a judgment of nonsuit against the plaintiffs upon the trial, we have but to consider the single question whether there was sufficient evidence to entitle the case to go to the jury.
The case of the plaintiffs as presented was this: On the seventh day of November 1866, the defendants, Edward W. Gould, Theodore R. Strong and Jesse White, Jr., of the city of New York, and Pearson S. Peterson, of the city of Philadelphia, entered into articles of copartnership, under the name of Gould, Strong & Co., for the purpose of “buying and selling stocks on commission, making…
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