Pittsburgh Hardware & Home Supply Co. v. Bown
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Action by David E. Bown 'against the Pittsburgh Hardware & 'Home Supply Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brmgs error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below David E. Bown sued and recovered judgment against the Pittsburgh Hardware & Home Supply Company for damages for breach of a written contract between them. Thereupon the latter sued out this writ, and the error now insisted upon is that the court allowed recovery of other than mere nominal damages.
The facts disclosed on the trial are these: In 1906 the hardware company bought from Bown a quantity of electrical goods, and in payment therefor issued to him 100 shares of its capital stock of the par value of $10,000. On April 16, 1908, the hardware…
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- Reynolds v. CallenderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Wilson v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
- Williams Typewriter Co. v. CleaverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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