Wolff v. Wilson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 153, April T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of G. P. Armstrong Go., Dec. T., 1900, No. 158, on verdict for defendant in ease of Findley P. Wolff v. John A. Wilson. Assumpsit for a breach of contract. Before Patton, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 153, April T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of G. P. Armstrong Go., Dec. T., 1900, No. 158, on verdict for defendant in ease of Findley P. Wolff v. John A. Wilson. Assumpsit for a breach of contract. Before Patton, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below charged in part as follows: Gentlemen, this is a suit brought by F. P. Wolff against John A. Wilson to recover what he says would be reasonably due him for his services, rendered in certain criminal cases against Sloppy and McCoy in which Mr. Wilson was the prosecutor. The question for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The facts out of which this litigation arose are as follows: The dwelling of Daniel Wilson, an aged and infirm man, was forcibly entered by four masked men, who after severely beating him, stole about $3,000, in money. Soon thereafter detectives were engaged, and John A. Wilson, a brother of Daniel Wilson, after an interview with the detectives, consulted with Findley P. Wolff, an attorney at law, and employed him to assist the district attorney in the prosecution of several persons alleged to be guilty.
Daniel Wilson was not physically able to give any personal attention…
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