Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Christian
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 335, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., May T., 1902, No. 615, on verdict for defendant in case of Singer Manufacturing Company v. Frank P. Christian. Assumpsit for goods sold and delivered.
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Appeal, No. 335, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., May T., 1902, No. 615, on verdict for defendant in case of Singer Manufacturing Company v. Frank P. Christian. Assumpsit for goods sold and delivered. Before Edwards, P. J. At the trial when F. P. Christian, the defendant, was on the stand, the following offer was made : The defendant offers to prove by the witness on the stand that the Singer Manufacturing Company, through C. Lament, its agent or general manager, came to him and induced him to purchase certain machinery upon the following condition, to wit:…
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Opinion by
Mb. Justice Elkin
The learned counsel for the appellant has specified thirty assignments of error to the rulings of the court below in the admission of testimony, charge to the jury and answers to points. No useful purpose would be served by a consideration of the separate assignments of error. For the purpose of review we will only consider two questions. First, had Lament, acting as the agent of the appellant, authority to make the alleged contract set up by the defendant in the court below; second, was the defendant entitled to recover damages for the loss of profits and the…
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