S. V. Thompson Co. v. Goldman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 24, April T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., June T., 1907, No. 204, on verdict for plaintiff in case of S. V. Thompson Company v. D. A. Goldman. Assumpsit to recover commissions for the sale of real estate.
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Appeal, No. 24, April T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., June T., 1907, No. 204, on verdict for plaintiff in case of S. V. Thompson Company v. D. A. Goldman. Assumpsit to recover commissions for the sale of real estate. Before Patton, P. J. The court charged in part as follows: This is what is known in law as an action of assumpsit, brought by S. V. Thompson & Co. against David A. Goldman, to recover the sum of $612.50, with interest from April 16, 1907, being the amount that the plaintiffs claim is due them by reason of their having acted as real estate agent in…
1Opinion of the Court
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Head, J.,
As the case of the plaintiffs is presented in the pleadings and record, their right to recover the amount of the commission represented by the verdict was rested on their ability to establish two propositions of fact: (a) That the defendant had entered into a contract with them, by the terms of which he obliged himself to pay upon certain conditions the sum sued for; (b) that the conditions necessary to make that undertaking an absolute one had been complied with by them.
As to the first proposition they experienced no difficulty be*214cause it was admitted that such a contract…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Keys v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
- Turner v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Kifer v. YoderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Middleton v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Blackstone v. ButtermoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
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- Perry v. SpellmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
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