Rahn Township School District v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Rahn Township School District v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., 221 Pa. 141 (Pa. 1908)
70 A. 551; 1908 Pa. LEXIS 450
Elkin, Fell, Mestrezat, Mitchell, Pother

Rahn Township School District v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

It does not appear that complainant’s right to the money.in *142question is disputed as a matter of law, but there is full denial sustained by the court, that defendant ever received it. The question turned on whether Farquhar, who actually receivéd the money, did so as attorney for defendant, or in some other capacity. The court found that Farquhar had no authority, in fact, to receive it, nor did he occupy any such professional relation to defendant as to raise an implication of such authority. The evidence was carefully examined by the learned judge, the facts clearly found, and the conclusions accurately drawn. ¥e see no reason to disturb them. Decree affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Rahn Township School District v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Status
Published
Syllabus
Equity — Findings of fact — Conclusiveness of findings — Principal and agent — Review—Appeals. On a bill in equity for an accounting of money alleged to have been received by the defendant for the plaintiff, a finding of fact that the person who actually received the money was not an agent of the defendant and had no authority, expressly or by implication, to receive it, will not be set aside by the Supreme Court, where such finding is based upon sufficient evidence, and there is no manifest error.