Lee v. Williams
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 33, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., March T., 1898, No. 231, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George F. Lee and Frank J. Scouton, copartners, trading as Lee & Scouton, v. David Williams and Johanna Owens or Susan Owens, owners or reputed owners, and J. W. Zimmerman and J. E. Zimmerman, contractors or builders. Scire facias sur mechanic’s lien.
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Appeal, No. 33, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., March T., 1898, No. 231, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George F. Lee and Frank J. Scouton, copartners, trading as Lee & Scouton, v. David Williams and Johanna Owens or Susan Owens, owners or reputed owners, and J. W. Zimmerman and J. E. Zimmerman, contractors or builders. Scire facias sur mechanic’s lien. Before Wheaton, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court, and by the report in 26 Pa. Superior Ct. 405. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $564.56. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Every experienced trial lawyer knows the stress and strain under which one labors when, after repeated rejections of offers of evidence, the very life of his case seems to depend upon the framing of an offer which will compel admission, or if rejected will lay the ground for a successful appeal.
When this case was last here (Lee v. Williams, 26 Pa. Superior Ct. 405), its disposition turned upon the interpretation of just such an offer, and was sent back for a new trial solely on the ground that the offer imported verity. In then considering the offer which had been made in…
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