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135 Pa. 601

Mayer v. Rhoads

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 2, 1890

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1890-06-02

No. 54 July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 99 August Term 1887, C. P. On August 12, 1887, the defendants entered an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, in an action brought by Daniel A. Mayer against Charles J. Rhoads and J. II. Herr, trading as C. J. Rhoads & Co., to recover commissions on a sale of tobacco for the defendants. Issue.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1959

3 state decisions

Relies on Keys v. Johnson · Smith v. Milligan

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Decided 1890-06-02

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Pee Ctjeiam:

¶1There are three short extracts from the charge of the court assigned as error. Whether we consider the charge as a whole, or the isolated and brief sentences referred to in the assignments, it is free from error. The proposition that the plaintiff is entitled to recover commissions as a broker from a man who never employed him, nor authorized him to sell the tobacco, cannot be sustained either upon reason or authority. It certainly is not supported by Smith v. Milligan, 43 Pa. 107, or Keys v. Johnson, 68 Pa. 42. In neither case is there any indication of the right of a broker to recover without a pre*604vious employment, while Reed v. Tomlinson, 14 Leg. Int. 116, and Inslee v. Jones, Bright. 76, are the other way. The case is too plain for argument.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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