Louchheim v. Loeb
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 247, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1917, No. 1881, entering nonsuit against the plaintiff in the case of Samuel K. Louchheim v. Howard A. Loeb, Trustee. Assumpsit for services alleged to have been rendered. Before Audenried, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court below entered a judgment of nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 247, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1917, No. 1881, entering nonsuit against the plaintiff in the case of Samuel K. Louchheim v. Howard A. Loeb, Trustee. Assumpsit for services alleged to have been rendered. Before Audenried, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court below entered a judgment of nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, the action of the court in overruling plaintiff’s motion to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff seeks to recover in this action for serv-. ices alleged to have been rendered in procuring an investor willing to loan $40,000, to be secured by a first mortgage upon real estate. It developed at the trial, in the presentation of plaintiff’s case, that the party who was to advance the money declined to complete the transaction unless Howard A. Loeb would execute a bond, with warrant of attorney to confess judgment, for the amount of the loan, thus rendering Mr. Loeb personally liable for the amount of the debt. The court below entered a judgment of nonsuit…
2Cited by1 opinion
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