Edwards v. Meyers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
January T., 1909, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 86, on verdict for defendant in case of Thomas R. Edwards v. Henry Meyers. Assumpsit on a promissory note. Before Shay, P. J. Errors assigned among others were (1-4) above instructions, and (6) the admission in evidence of the record of the suit of Meyers v. Catawissa Coal Company.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
March 28, 1910:
This was an action on a promissory note for $4,000, drawn *587by defendant and payable “on demand and after date” to the order of the plaintiff, dated February 13, 1906. The defense set up was that plaintiff had been employed by defendant to act for him and others associated with him, in the purchase of a certain tract of coal land from the Catawissa Coal Company; that it was understood and agreed that plaintiff was to receive as compensation for his services the sum of $5,000 if the negotiations resulted in a purchase, upon the completion of the…
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