Rush Centre Creamery Co. v. Hillis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 36, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P., Susquehanna Co., Nov. T., 1894, No, 291, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from justice of the peace. Before Searle, P. J. The action was assumpsit to recover the sum of $30.36 from the defendant.
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Appeal, No. 36, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P., Susquehanna Co., Nov. T., 1894, No, 291, on verdict for plaintiff. Appeal from justice of the peace. Before Searle, P. J. The action was assumpsit to recover the sum of $30.36 from the defendant. The facts sufficiently appear from the charge of the court, which is as follows: “ The issue which you have been sworn to try is one wherein the Rush Centre Creamery Company is plaintiff arid R. H. Hillis is defendant, and comes into this court by appeal. It appears from the evidence in this case that previous to the year 1893…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
The principal matters for determination in this case were qlxéstions of fact. These have been found in favor of the •plaintiff, and in view of the evidence a different conclusion 'could not well have been reached. It was shown, without con*533tradiction, that the plaintiff and twenty-eight of his neighbors made a written agreement to establish and conduct a creamery, and to borrow the money necessary to put it in operation; each party to contribute the milk of a specified number of cows, and to incur a liability for the loan, and acquire an interest in the property,…
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