Allen v. Line
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, March T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland, Co., May T., 1897, No. 727, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Beebeb, J. Dissenting opinion by W. W. Pobteb, J. Assumpsit.
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Appeal, No. 6, March T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland, Co., May T., 1897, No. 727, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Beebeb, J. Dissenting opinion by W. W. Pobteb, J. Assumpsit. Before E. W. Biddle, P. J. It appears from the evidence that in the year 1893, Kuntz, then county commissioner, agreed with Line, the defendant, that he would appoint any man, from the upper end of Cumberland county, to the office of mercantile appraiser, if Line could name a man who would be of any benefit or advantage to him. It was alleged that Line agreed with the plaintiff, William H.…
1DissentW. W. Porter, J.
The defendant procured the plaintiff to be appointed mercantile appraiser by the county commissioners of Cumberland county for the year 1894. Prior to the appointment the plaintiff, who was the defendant’s uncle, agreed with the defendant that he would, if appointed, make the latter his deputy, and that under this arrangement, the defendant should do all of the work and receive all of the compensation.
The appointment having been made, the parties consulted counsel, and were then advised that the mercantile appraiser *530was required by law to act personally and not by deputy. This was not wbat…
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