Keough v. Leslie
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 62. Assumpsit by Frank Leslie against P. F. Keough and Mary C. Keough, his wife, trading, &c. The plaintiff filed a copy of a contract, whereby in consideration of the purchase from Leslie, by the defendants, of $300 worth of “paper patterns,” the defendants were appointed agents for the sale of Frank Leslie’s “ Cut Paper Patterns,” for the term of one year.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 62. Assumpsit by Frank Leslie against P. F. Keough and Mary C. Keough, his wife, trading, &c. The plaintiff filed a copy of a contract, whereby in consideration of the purchase from Leslie, by the defendants, of $300 worth of “paper patterns,” the defendants were appointed agents for the sale of Frank Leslie’s “ Cut Paper Patterns,” for the term of one year. During the continuance of the agéncy, defendants were to keep a full assortment of the patterns, to sell the same at retail prices, and settle…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The first paragraph of this written contract appointed the defendants agents for one year from its date, in consideration of their purchase of three hundred dollars’ worth of paper patterns, fifteen per centum payable on delivery of the agreement, and the balance in four equal monthly payments, followed by detailed stipulations relative to the agency for sale of the plaintiff’s patterns. Among them was one binding Leslie “ to receive back from P. F. & M. C. Keough unsold patterns within one year from the delivery thereof, and to give in exchange therefor such other patterns as may be ordered…
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