Cobb v. Barclay
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 15, Feb. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Potter Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 117, on verdict for defendant. Trespass quare clausam fregit. Before Morrison, J. The undisputed facts are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 15, Feb. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Potter Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 117, on verdict for defendant. Trespass quare clausam fregit. Before Morrison, J. The undisputed facts are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court. At the trial the defendant made certain offers of evidence tending to show the payment of taxes for 1888, which evidence was admitted and objection by plaintiff overruled and admission of this evidence was made the subject of exception. The court below directed a verdict for defendant and plaintiff appealed. Error assigned among others was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The defendants’ offer, the admission of which constitutes the first specification of error, should have been rejected. The letter of the defendants to their attorney, unless the contents thereof were communicated to the county treasurer, was not competent evidence. The offer did not go far enough and the proof went no farther than the offer. In our view of the case, however, the plaintiff did not suffer by reason of the admission of this testimony, nor would any of the other specifications of error, if sustained, be' of any practical value to him. The law applicable to…
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- Diamond Coal Co. v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1852
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