Crawford v. Wittish
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 4, April T., 1897, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1893, No. 512, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover money due under alleged parol contract.
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Appeal, No. 4, April T., 1897, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1893, No. 512, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover money due under alleged parol contract. Before Stowe, P. J. It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff brought action to recover the - sum of $507.42 with interest from February 1, 1889, upon an alleged parol agreement between him and defendants by which, in consideration of the services of the plaintiff in having defendants employed as real estate brokers in the sale of certain real estate, and in consideration of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
The controversy in this case involved questions of fact which were determined by the jury in favor of the plaintiff. Whether the defendants were partners in effecting certain sales of real estate owned by the heirs of John Birmingham, deceased, and, if so, whether they had entered into an agreement with the plaintiff whereby he became entitled to one third of the commissions accruing from these sales, were essentially questions of fact for the jury, and were submitted by the learned trial judge in a careful charge that covered in a general way the important aspects of the…
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