Repp v. Reynolds
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 30, March T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 1,045, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William Repp v. H. C. Reynolds. Assumpsit'on a parole contract for compensation for services. Before Newcomb, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $587. Defendant • appealed.
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Appeal, No. 30, March T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1908, No. 1,045, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William Repp v. H. C. Reynolds. Assumpsit'on a parole contract for compensation for services. Before Newcomb, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $587. Defendant • appealed. Error assigned among others was (6) answer to defendant’s seventh point, quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The plaintiff’s case depended upon his ability to satisfy the jury that he entered into a verbal agreement with the defendant for the performance of the work out of which his claim for compensation arises. In his own behalf he testified that on June 28, 1894, he went to the office of the defendant with Mr. Frank Smith who was interested in the same subject and with whom he had had negotiations the day before. The object of the visit was to induce Mr. Reynolds to become a party to an agreement under which the plaintiff was to go into certain mines in which Smith and the…
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