Allen v. Rieder
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 246, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1907, No. 508, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George W. Allen v. Joseph Rieder. Assumpsit to recover the price of a Persian lamb coat. Before Ralston, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows: In this case, the defendant’s position and circumstances of life, his income, and so forth, have been shown to you.
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Appeal, No. 246, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1907, No. 508, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George W. Allen v. Joseph Rieder. Assumpsit to recover the price of a Persian lamb coat. Before Ralston, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows: In this case, the defendant’s position and circumstances of life, his income, and so forth, have been shown to you. It was testified before you that Mr. Rieder had never had an account at the plaintiff’s store. It was also testified that no…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head J.,
The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover the sum of $225, the price of a fur garment which he made on the order of the wife of the defendant, given in December, 1906. The. coat was delivered to her apartment at the Hotel Lorraine in the city of Philadelphia on or about December 24 of that year. The evidence adduced at the trial, which was brief and practically uncontradicted except as to one point, disclosed the following state of facts:
Some nine months prior to the transaction the defendant *538and his wife separated and since that time had lived separate and apart. At the…
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