Claybaugh v. Goodchild
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OP PAYETTE COUNTY. No. 75 July Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 292 March Term 1887, C. P. On March 7,1887, an appeal was entered from the judgment of a justice of the peace in an action by A. M. Claybaugh against E. Y. Goodchild. Issue.
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OP PAYETTE COUNTY. No. 75 July Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 292 March Term 1887, C. P. On March 7,1887, an appeal was entered from the judgment of a justice of the peace in an action by A. M. Claybaugh against E. Y. Goodchild. Issue. At the trial on December 15, 1885, it was shown that on January 16, 1885, E. Y. Goodchild, the defendant, then owning with one Henry P. Snyder a newspaper called the Keystone Courier, entered into a written contract with A. M. Claybaugh, the plaintiff, the material portion of which provided: “ Memorandum…
1Per curiam
The only question in this case was whether defendant had a right to appropriate to his own use all the subscription accounts he was able to collect between the 16th of January, 1885, the date of his agreement to sell, and the 1st of February ensuing. That question was fairly submitted to the jury in a clear and comprehensive charge, in which the learned judge rightly construed the written agreement of the parties, and correctly instructed them as to the kind of evidence and degree of proof necessary to reform such an instrument.
There was no error in refusing to affirm defendant’s point…
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