Catasauqua Mfg. Co. v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF EKOM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LEHIGH COUNTY. July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 18 June Term 1889, C. P. On April 23,1889, the Catasauqua Manufacturing Company brought trespass against John W. Hopkins and Philip Storm for an alleged conspiracy to defraud the plaintiff. The defendants pleaded not guilty.
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIFF EKOM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LEHIGH COUNTY. July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 18 June Term 1889, C. P. On April 23,1889, the Catasauqua Manufacturing Company brought trespass against John W. Hopkins and Philip Storm for an alleged conspiracy to defraud the plaintiff. The defendants pleaded not guilty. A jury was empaneled on January 20, 1890, when James C. Beitel, one of the jurors called, testified upon his voir dire as follows : “ Q. You live in Allentown ? A. No, at Catasauqua. Q. Do you know about this case ? A. Yes. Q. You heard it talked about? A. Yes.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Williams:
The plaintiff is a manufacturer of iron. Philip Storm is a dealer in old iron, who made large sales of scrap- and wrought-iron to the manufacturing company. Hopkins was an employee of the company, who weighed the iron delivered by Storm and reported its quantity to the book-keeper. The plaintiff charged *44that Storm and Hopkins conspired to cheat and defraud the company in the weight of the iron delivered by Storm at its mills, and that, in pursuance of this conspiracy, Hopkins returned each week, for about two years, the weight of the old iron delivered by Storm,…
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