Devall v. Burbridge
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Greene county. William Devall against James W. Burbridge. This was an action on the case; founded upon the alleged misfeasance and negligence of the defendant, in the capacity of agent of the plaintiff. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
*306The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
— As the cause was decided by the court on the plaintiff’s evidence, we must take for granted every fact which the jury might have found in his favour; and view the case, as it was viewed below, in the light of a demurrer to evidence. But there was little discrepance in the testimony; and the facts directly sworn to, without resorting to inferences, are enough to rule the cause. The plaintiff and defendant were joint owners, with others, of a steamboat, which began to ply in 1839, and which had cost $8000, in shares of $500 each. Early in…
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