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1 Whart. 185

Richards v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 26, 1836

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1836-01-26

An action of trover was brought to September term, 1832, of the District Court, by Mark Richards, John Hemphill, George M’Clelland, and Tobias Súber, against James Murphy, to recover the value of certain pieces of lumber, alleged to be the property of the plaintiffs, and to have been converted t¡y the defendant.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1903

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Decided 1836-01-26

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Per Curiam.

¶1A disclaimer of title by the plaintiff in person, when the defendant bought, would have concluded him ; whether it wére made in fraud or in ignorance; for every man is bound to bear the consequences of his own mistakes. The matter, then was, whether Inslee, who appears to have had some sort of agency under the plaintiff, had power to represent him on the occasion; and that presented a question foi the jury. There was at least some evidence to raise it; and as error is not to be presumed, we are bound to say the assignment of it has not been sustained.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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