American Road Machine Co. v. Township of Washington
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 31, March T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Franklin Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 317, on compulsory nonsuit. Smith, J., dissents. Assumpsit to recover $700, the price of a stone crusher. Before Stewart, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The court below entered a compulsory nonsuit. Plaintiff appealed. JError assigned was entering a compulsory nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
An agent of the plaintiff, with one of the supervisors of the defendant township, visited each of three other supervisors at their respective homes, and secured their signatures, in addition to his own, to an order directed to the defendant for one Champion rock-crusher, having as a condition, viz: “ If the said crusher does work as warranted on the back of this order, the undersigned agree to pay to the American Road Machine Company, or order, seven hundred dollars in cash, or note bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from date of trial.”
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