Harvey v. Turner & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. 'I'he defendants in error were plaintiffs below, in an action of indebitatus assumpsit brought against the plaintiffin error to recover back the sum of nine hundred and forty-three dollars and two cents, as money lent and advanced by the plaintiffs below to the defendant below.
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Writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. 'I'he defendants in error were plaintiffs below, in an action of indebitatus assumpsit brought against the plaintiffin error to recover back the sum of nine hundred and forty-three dollars and two cents, as money lent and advanced by the plaintiffs below to the defendant below. The main question in the cause was, which of them should bear the loss of that sum, which was the price of twenty-six bales of cotton sold by the plaintiffs on account of the defendant. The plaintiff’s were commission merchants in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This was an action of indebitatus assumpsit, brought to recover certain advances made by the plaintiffs to the defendant under the following circumstances. The plaintiffs, who reside in the city of Philadelphia, were the factors or consignees of the defendant, who resides in North Carolina, and by orders of the defendant, on the 13th of November, 1822, sold twenty-six bags of cotton, to a certain John Hastings at a credit of four months. The 17th of November the plaintiffs advised the defendant of the sale, and on ihe 31st of Decemb'er…
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