Dorrance v. Ryon
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 2, March T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Tioga Co., Jan. T.,, 1903, No. 150, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles Dorrance v. John S. Ryon, Administrator, Sarah Dorrance and Carrie B. Knapp, Administrator of the Estate of George Gershum Dorrance. Assumpsit for moneys had and received. Before Cameron, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 2, March T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Tioga Co., Jan. T.,, 1903, No. 150, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Charles Dorrance v. John S. Ryon, Administrator, Sarah Dorrance and Carrie B. Knapp, Administrator of the Estate of George Gershum Dorrance. Assumpsit for moneys had and received. Before Cameron, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $1,600, on which judgment was entered for $61.50. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in reducing the judgment to $61.50. — The trust…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff in this action of assumpsit filed a statement averring that the decedent had received various sums of money from different sources to the use of the plaintiff. The most important items related to the alleged receipt by the decedent, as the agent of the plaintiff, of certain payments made by C. H. Wells upon account of the purchase money of certain real estate situate in the state of New York, which the plaintiff had under articles of agreement sold to Wells, on January 1, 1886. The learned judge of the court below was of opinion that the obligation of the…
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