Landell v. Lybrand
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 1719, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense and entering judgment for defendant on the whole record in case of Edwin A. Landell, Jr., v. William M. Lybrand, T. Edwards Ross, Adam A. Ross, Robert H. Montgomery and Joseph M. Pugh, Copartners, trading as Lybrand, Ross Brothers & Montgomery.
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Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 1719, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense and entering judgment for defendant on the whole record in case of Edwin A. Landell, Jr., v. William M. Lybrand, T. Edwards Ross, Adam A. Ross, Robert H. Montgomery and Joseph M. Pugh, Copartners, trading as Lybrand, Ross Brothers & Montgomery. Trespass for loss alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense and motion for judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Appellees, defendants below, are certified public accountants, and, as such, audited the books and accounts of the Employer’s Indemnity Company for the year 1911. The appellant, plaintiff below, averred in his statement *408of claim that he had been induced to buy eleven shares of the capital stock of that company, at the price of $200 per share, on the strength of the report made by the appellees as to its assets and liabilities at the close of the year 1911, the report having been shown to him by some one who suggested that he purchase the stock. A further averment was that the…
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