Ewing v. Tees
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS cause was tried before Mr. Justice Teates at a nisi prius in the present month, when a point was reserved for the opinion of this court. The facts, according to the report of his Honour, were in substance these.
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THIS cause was tried before Mr. Justice Teates at a nisi prius in the present month, when a point was reserved for the opinion of this court. The facts, according to the report of his Honour, were in substance these. On the 14th November 1801 a written agreement was made by the defendant with Jacob S. Otto as the plaintiff’s agent, to pay the plaintiff 6,366 dollars 67 cents for a tract of land in Philadelphia county; 300 dollars to be paid on 01- before the 17th of the month, possession of the land to be delivered on the 30th, and the balance to be paid on the 22d December following, when…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This cause was tried before judge TeateS "at nisi prius in December 1808; and on the trial a point was reserved, on which it is now brought before the court.
The action was brought to recover damages for breach of a written agreement, by which the defendant engaged to purchase a tract of land the property of the plaintiff. The agreement was signed by the defendant and by Jacob S. Otto, who was alleged by the plaintiff to be his agent. It was objected by the defendant, that supposing Otto to be the agent, it was necessary that his authority from the plaintiff should have been in…
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