Streator v. Paxton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 126, non obstante veredicto in ease of J. B. R. Streator v. A. B. Paxton, R. J. Beatty, William H. Griffiths, William P. Tyler, J. W. Paxton and H. B. Duncan. Assumpsit for breach of two parol contracts.
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Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 126, non obstante veredicto in ease of J. B. R. Streator v. A. B. Paxton, R. J. Beatty, William H. Griffiths, William P. Tyler, J. W. Paxton and H. B. Duncan. Assumpsit for breach of two parol contracts. The plaintiff’s statement was as follows : On July 12, 1899, the plaintiff and the defendants, except H. B. Duncan, who afterwards became the substitute of James E. Duncan, herein named, entered into the following agreement in writing, to wit: [The agreement is quoted in the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
On July 12, 1899, the appellant and other manufacturers, using natural gas in their plants, entered, into the following agreement, for the purpose of protecting themselves against an increased price for the same, which they feared would be charged by a combination of the competing companies that were supplying it to manufacturers in the borough of Washington: “An agreement made and entered into this twelfth day of July, 1899, by and between the following named persons, to wit: Wm. P. Tyler, R. J. Beatty, A. B. Paxton, James E. Duncan, J. W. Paxton, W. H. Griffiths…
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