Benford v. Sanner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Somerset county. This was an action on the case brought March 15th 1860, by Michael Sanner against James H. Benford, Cyrus Benford, and John H. Uhl, for conspiring to defraud him out of the proceeds of certain post-office drafts, which he alleged had been assigned to him by James H. Benford.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Somerset county. This was an action on the case brought March 15th 1860, by Michael Sanner against James H. Benford, Cyrus Benford, and John H. Uhl, for conspiring to defraud him out of the proceeds of certain post-office drafts, which he alleged had been assigned to him by James H. Benford. The case was this:— James H. Benford and James Wigle, on the 1st of July 1856, entered into a contract with the postmaster-general for carrying the mails on route No. 8331, for the annual compensation of $4320, payable quarterly; also for carrying the mails on route No. 3340,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by ’ Strong, J.
This was an action on the case in the nature of a writ of conspiracy. The declaration averred that James H. Benford, one of the defendants, for and in consideration of the sum of $4000, by him received on the 18th of October 1858, agreed that he would transfer and assign to the plaintiff certain post-office warrants or drafts, falling due quarterly thereafter, to which the said Benford would become entitled for carrying the United States mails; that, by virtue of said agreement, and the payment made therefor, the said warrants or drafts…
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