Pownall v. Bair
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: Of May Term 1875, No. 7. This case commenced before a justice of the peace, from whose judgment an'appeal was entered in the Court of Common Pleas, on the 10th of November 1870. The plaintiff was Abraham Bair and the defendant Greorge Pownall; the declaration was in the common counts ; the plea was non-assumpsit.
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Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: Of May Term 1875, No. 7. This case commenced before a justice of the peace, from whose judgment an'appeal was entered in the Court of Common Pleas, on the 10th of November 1870. The plaintiff was Abraham Bair and the defendant Greorge Pownall; the declaration was in the common counts ; the plea was non-assumpsit. On the trial, October 20th 1873, before Hayes, J., the circumstances of the case appeared to be as follows :— Brinton Walter was the general agent in Lancaster county for the sale of the mower and reaper of Dodge, Stevens & Co.,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
Abraham Bair, the plaintiff below, entered into an agreement in the spring of 1869 with George Pownall, the defendant, who was the agent for the sale of mowing and reaping machines manufactured by the firm of Dodge, Stevens & Co., of Auburn, in the state of New York. ■ The general agent w'as Brinton Walter, from whom Pownall’s authority to sell had been derived. The arrangement between Bair and Pownall was, that for each machine sold Bair should retain a commission of $12.50. In pursuance of the agreement, Bair disposed of four machines, and this suit was brought to recover $50, the…
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