Leidy v. Messinger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county: No. 63, to July Term 1871. On the 26th of March 1870, Charles Messinger brought an action of assumpsit against Zachariah Leidy, to recover one-half of the sum of $500, which the plaintiff had paid on account of a share of oil stock alleged by him to have been bought jointly with the defendant.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county: No. 63, to July Term 1871. On the 26th of March 1870, Charles Messinger brought an action of assumpsit against Zachariah Leidy, to recover one-half of the sum of $500, which the plaintiff had paid on account of a share of oil stock alleged by him to have been bought jointly with the defendant. The plaintiff testified that he and the defendant had jointly purchased one share of the stock of the Fayette Oil and Mining Company, of which the price was $1000, and that he had paid $500; that the defendant paid nothing at the time, but had given…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Williams, J.
The plaintiff and defendant jointly purchased a share of stock in the La Fayette Oil and Mining Company, an unincorporated association formed for the purpose of buying oil and mineral land in West Virginia. The price of the share was $1000, for which the plaintiff below paid the treasurer $500 in cash, and the defendant gave him his note for a like amount endorsed by the plaintiff. The treasurer applied the money and the note to the payment of the purchase-money of the property bought by the association. The note was endorsed to the vendor…
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