Corr v. Sellers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. I of Philadelphia coxmty: Of January Term 1882, No. 239. Assumpsit, by William Sellers & Co., against Bernard Corr to recover the price of certain repairs to a brick machine.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. I of Philadelphia coxmty: Of January Term 1882, No. 239. Assumpsit, by William Sellers & Co., against Bernard Corr to recover the price of certain repairs to a brick machine. On the trial before Thayer, P. J., plaintiffs called their sales clerk, by whom their sales book or book of original entry was identified wherein was contained the following charge:— “ B. Corr, Dr.” “ July 13th 1880. To repairing brick machine, $1,932.76.” Plaintiffs then offered the book in evidence. Objected to by defendant because the charge was a lumping charge and did not…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
The specifications of error present a single question. That is, whether the book of original entries was admissible for the *170purpose offered ? It was admitted under objection, to prove the following item :
“ B. Corr, Dr.”
“ July 13tli 1880. To repairing brick machine $1,932.76.”
The first objection made io its admission was “ because it was a lumping charge and did not particularize what the repairing consisted of, and it was impossible for the defendant to know fhom the said charge, what amount of materials had been furnished or work or labor done in making the repairs, or whether the price was…
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