Twelfth Street Market Co. v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1883, No. 92. Assumpsit, by Joseph T. Jackson against “ The Twelfth Street Market Company,” to recover commissions which plaintiff alleged he had earned in negotiating the reduction of the rate of a ground-rent upon defendant’s property. Pleas, nonassumpsit, payment, and set-off.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1883, No. 92. Assumpsit, by Joseph T. Jackson against “ The Twelfth Street Market Company,” to recover commissions which plaintiff alleged he had earned in negotiating the reduction of the rate of a ground-rent upon defendant’s property. Pleas, nonassumpsit, payment, and set-off. On the trial, before Elcook, J., the following facts appeared : — On April 6th 1864, an Act of Assembly was approved, creating “ The Twelfth Street Market Company ” to have all the powers, privileges, and immunities of “ The Farmer’s…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The Twelfth Street Market Company has power to take in *273fee-simple or upon ground-rent real estate necessary for a public market house, its government and control, and the management of its property, and the corporate powers, are vested in a board of nine managers -who shall have general and entire control of the affairs and interests of the company. Article VII. of the by-laws provides that the “ president shall have the general charge and direction of the business of the company, as well as all matters connected with the interests and objects of the corporation, and shall be ex offieio a…
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