Gregg Township v. Jamison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Centre county. This was an action of assumpsit to August Term 1865, by William Jamison against the township of Gregg.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Centre county. This was an action of assumpsit to August Term 1865, by William Jamison against the township of Gregg. The plaintiff declared that he had had mustered into the naval service of the United States a substitute to be credited to the township of Gregg, and paid the substitute a sum exceeding $300 in accordance with a contract made with him, and that the township about that time offered to each volunteer who should be credited upon the quota of the township $300, and that, therefore, the township became liable to pay the plaintiff that sum. On…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 3d 1867, by
Agnew, J.
— John B. Ream, one of the supervisors of Gregg township, was called for the defence to testify that he had not consented to the payment of bounties, and being asked on cross-examination whether he had not stated he had assented, in presence of Neese and others, replied that he did not remember. Neeso was called to prove the conversation, and the defence objected to the evidence as incompetent to contradict Ream, and as immaterial and irrelevant. It was not immaterial or irrelevant, for it went directly to the vital question…
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