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3 Yeates 318

Jordan v. Meredith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 15, 1801

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1801-11-15

new trial. The cause was tried during the present term. Indebitatus assumpsit was brought for plaister-ing two large houses in the city; and on the trial, it appeared that the parties had agreed, on the 27th February 1797, at the rate of 2s. per square yard, the workmen to find the materials ; the usual price at that time being is. per square yard if the owner of the house furnished the lime, sand, hair, &c. The plaintiffs claimed the balance of 412I. 9s. 6d. or 434I. 8s.…

Cited by 1 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1788

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Decided 1801-11-15

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By the Court.

¶1The pretended usage of the plaisterers in the present instance is unreasonable and bad in itself. To charge an employer with materials never received is the height of injustice. But we have no proof that the jury have committed this error, and we are not justified in setting aside a ver°dict on mere conjecture. To warrant our interposition,- we must be clearly satisfied, that injustice has been done, or some plain mistake committed.

¶2The defendant should have challenged the juror before he was sworn. He has slipped his time, by postponing his objection till this period. If he has been guilty of inattention, he alone should suffer for it. And so is the current of authorities in the books.

¶3Motion for a new trial denied.

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