Fareira v. Gabell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 64. Assumpsit by John Fareira against George T. Gabell on five promissory notes drawn by Gabell to the order of plaintiff.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 64. Assumpsit by John Fareira against George T. Gabell on five promissory notes drawn by Gabell to the order of plaintiff. At the trial defendant gave evidence to show that he employed plaintiff to operate in stocks for him; that'the contracts made through the agency of plaintiff were simply wagering contracts; that the transactions covered about two years; that in 1875, defendant gave three of the notes in suit, amounting to $7000, as “margins on stock contracts,” and two months thereafter the other…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered, March 10th 1879.
2Per curiam
The questions in this case were fairly submitted to the jury in a full and accurate charge by the learned president of the court below. The principles enunciated by him we consider as entirely settled in Brua’s Appeal, 5 P. F. Smith 294, and Smith v. Bouvier, 20 Id. 325. In no view of the charge as a whole was it equivalent to a binding instruction for the defendant.
Judgment affirmed.
3Cited by8 opinions
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