Express Pub. Co. v. Aldine Press
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE OOTJRT OF COMMON PLEAS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. No. 161 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 80 April Term 1887, C. P. On April 11, 1887, an appeal was entered by the defendant from tbe judgment of a justice of the peace for 1284.50, in an action by The Aldine Press against Tbe Express Publishing Company, brought to recover damages for the breach of a, contract for the sale and purchase of certain blank advertising sheets. Issue.
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ERROR TO THE OOTJRT OF COMMON PLEAS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. No. 161 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 80 April Term 1887, C. P. On April 11, 1887, an appeal was entered by the defendant from tbe judgment of a justice of the peace for 1284.50, in an action by The Aldine Press against Tbe Express Publishing Company, brought to recover damages for the breach of a, contract for the sale and purchase of certain blank advertising sheets. Issue. At the trial on November 25, 1887, tbe following facts appeared : The Aldine Press Company were tbe publishers of an illustrated calendar called…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice McCollum:
The jury found under instructions which are not complained of, full performance by The Aldine Press of its contract with The Express Publishing Company; and the specifications of error call in question nothing but the rulings of the court upon offers of evidence.
The first specification relates to the admission of certain depositions taken upon a commission issued for that purpose, and the objection to them was that §§ 77 and 82 of the Rules of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, concerning depositions, had not been complied with. As these *352rules were…
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