Legal Opinion

Wright v. Crane

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 17, 1826PublishedCited by 5 opinions

This was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and, county of Philadelphia, in a suit brought by Simeon Crane, plaintiff below, against Joshua Wright, surviving partner of Samuel Wright, jun. deceased, defendant below, in which a verdict and judgment were rendered in favour of the plaintiff below. It was an action for goods sold and delivered.

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This was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and, county of Philadelphia, in a suit brought by Simeon Crane, plaintiff below, against Joshua Wright, surviving partner of Samuel Wright, jun. deceased, defendant below, in which a verdict and judgment were rendered in favour of the plaintiff below. It was an action for goods sold and delivered. There was no question as to the sale and delivery of the goods by the plaintiff to Samuel Wright, jun., but Joshua Wright, the defendant, denied that he was a partner of Samuel, and that was the point in dispute. On the 22d December, 1812,…

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Tn. gum an, C. J.

This was an action for goods sold and delivered, See. brought by Simeon Crane, the defendant in error, and plaintiff below, against Joshua Wright, surviving partner of Samuel Wright, deceased, the plaintiff in error. There is no question as to the sale and delivery of the goods by the plaintiff to Samuel Wright, jun.; but Joshua Wright, the defendant, denied that he was a partner of Samuel, and that was the point in dispute. On the 28th of December, 1812, the affidavit of Richard Peters, jun., attorney for the plaintiff, was filed,…

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