Stukey v. Rissinger
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 27, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Go., Oct. T., 1908, No. 1,217, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Melville Stukey v. William Rissinger and Harry Rissinger, trading as Rissinger Bros. & Co. Assumpsit for wages. Before Lynch, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows : Questions of law have been presented to the court.
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Appeal, No. 27, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Go., Oct. T., 1908, No. 1,217, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Melville Stukey v. William Rissinger and Harry Rissinger, trading as Rissinger Bros. & Co. Assumpsit for wages. Before Lynch, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows : Questions of law have been presented to the court. The main one is that the statements and receipts signed twice a month by plaintiff, bind and is conclusive against him. ' For this reason the court cannot so instruct you. If…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This action was brought before a justice of the peace, and came into the common pleas by defendants’ appeal. It was tried in the common pleas on a plea of non assumpsit, etc., to the transcript which stood as the plaintiff’s declaration. Verdict and judgment having gone against the defendants for $239.83, they appealed to this court.
The claim as stated in the transcript is “ wages for manual labor done by plaintiff for defendants during the months of November and December, 1902, and January, February and March, 1903, as fireman at their, the said defendants’, coal…
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