Woodward v. Brace
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIEE EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 225 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 526 June Term 1890, G. P. No. 1. On April 30, 1890, Mr. M. A. Woodward brought assumpsit against C. H. Brace and N. C. Brace, doing business as Brace Brothers, filing a statement of claim, verified by affidavit, averring: That the plaintiff was appointed the examiner and master in a proceeding in equity, at No. 232 June Term 1888, C. P. No. 1,…
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIEE EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 225 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 526 June Term 1890, G. P. No. 1. On April 30, 1890, Mr. M. A. Woodward brought assumpsit against C. H. Brace and N. C. Brace, doing business as Brace Brothers, filing a statement of claim, verified by affidavit, averring: That the plaintiff was appointed the examiner and master in a proceeding in equity, at No. 232 June Term 1888, C. P. No. 1, wherein Brace Brothers were plaintiffs, and John L. Evans et al., defendants; that his report as sucb examiner and master…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee. Curiam:
We learn from the plaintiff’s statement, filed in the court below, that he brought this suit to recover a master’s fee of $600, in the equity suit of Brace Brothers (defendants), against John L. Evans et al., No. 232 June Term 1888, of the Court of Common Pleas No. 1 of Allegheny county; that said fee was fixed and allowed by the court, upon the written agreement signed by the counsel on both sides in the equity suit aforesaid. The affidavit of defence avers, inter alia, “ that, after the filing of *319his report in favor of the plaintiffs in said cause, the said master, Mr. Woodward,…
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