Bierman v. Lebanon Valley College
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 122, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lebanon Co., June T., 1900, No. 269, on verdict for plaintiff in case of E. Benjamin Bier-man v. Lebanon Valley College. Assumpsit to recover a balance of salary. Before Ehrgood, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff claimed to recover $1,380, balance of salary due to him as president of the Lebanon Valley College.
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Appeal, No. 122, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lebanon Co., June T., 1900, No. 269, on verdict for plaintiff in case of E. Benjamin Bier-man v. Lebanon Valley College. Assumpsit to recover a balance of salary. Before Ehrgood, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff claimed to recover $1,380, balance of salary due to him as president of the Lebanon Valley College. The claim was not disputed, but the defendant asserted the right to set off against the claim the sum of $950 alleged to be due on the following subscription paper: “Exhibit No. 1. “June 18, 1891. “ We the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
In this action, brought to recover a sum admittedly due the plaintiff, the defendant pleaded set off, and on the trial offered in support of its claim the following subscription paper dated June 18, 1891: “ We the undersigned do hereby for ourselves, our heirs, and executors or administrators and assigns promise and agree to pay to II. H. Kreider, within ninety days from this date the amount set opposite our respective names, provided the full sum of $2,000 be secured.”
Subscriptions for divers sums, amounting in the aggregate to $705, preceded that of the plaintiff for…
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