Rohrheimer v. Winters
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 252 January Term 1882, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 208 September Term 1887, C. P. No. 1. On October 10, 1887, Caroline Winters brought assumpsit against Moses Rohrheimer and Elias Loeb, executors of the will of Joseph Sliloss, deceased, to recover the balance due upon a contract in writing dated April 1, 1880, between tlxe plaintiff and said Joseph Sbloss.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 252 January Term 1882, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 208 September Term 1887, C. P. No. 1. On October 10, 1887, Caroline Winters brought assumpsit against Moses Rohrheimer and Elias Loeb, executors of the will of Joseph Sliloss, deceased, to recover the balance due upon a contract in writing dated April 1, 1880, between tlxe plaintiff and said Joseph Sbloss. At tbe trial on October 25, 1888, before Breuy, J., tbe agreement upon which tbe suit was brought was put in evidence. It recited that Caroline Winters bad lately been…
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Pee Cubiam:
An examination of the articles of agreement in tins case shows that the money to be paid by Shloss was to be paid “ in full satisfaction for the lying-in expenses, maintenance, educating and bringing up ” of the plaintiff’s child, of which the said Shloss was the putative and self-acknowledged father. As tins was a perfectly legitimate and entirely proper purpose to be accomplished by the agreement in suit, the contract ought to be enforced unless there is some fatal legal objection to its validity. The only objection alleged against it is the fact that the agreement discloses on…
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