Morgan v. Struthers
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the circuit court oe the united states for the WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below by J. Pierpont Morgan, a citizen of .the State of New York, against Thomas Struthers and one Thomas S. Blair, citizens of Pennsylvania, to recover the sum of $26,282.19, with interest, on a certain contract in writing, more particularly described hereafter.
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error to the circuit court oe the united states for the WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. This was an action of assumpsit, brought in the court below by J. Pierpont Morgan, a citizen of .the State of New York, against Thomas Struthers and one Thomas S. Blair, citizens of Pennsylvania, to recover the sum of $26,282.19, with interest, on a certain contract in writing, more particularly described hereafter. The defendant Blair not having been served with process the case proceeded against Struthers alone. The material facts in the case were substantially as follows: In the year 1873, Thomas…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
Several exceptions were taken during the progress of the trial,- to-the rulings of the court in excluding evidence offered by the plaintiff, to its refusal to give instructions requested by thfe plaintiff, and to its general charge to the jury, which are embodied in twelve assignments of error. It is not necessary to discuss them seriatim, as the main contention relates to the correctness of the instructions given by the Circuit Court to the jury. In order to determine the principle on which the instructions rest, it will be useful to ascertain the points incidentally connected with the case…
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