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· 4/13/1891

Nixon v. Myers

Citations

  • 141 Pa. 477
  • 21 A. 670
  • 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1088

Syllabus

<p>Where the plaintiff, employed by the defendants to do their hauling for one year at a stipulated sum to be paid monthly, was discharged before the year expired, the measure of his damages was, not the unpaid balance of the year’s wages, but the reasonable profit he would have made if permitted to perform.</p>

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  • holding that a tax collector's lack of knowledge of the decrease in compensation by the school district did not excuse his failure to file his challenge pre-election
  • holding that a tax collector's lack of knowledge of the decrease in compensation by the school district did not excuse his failure to file his challenge pre-election

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Judges: Clark, Green, Paxson, Pee, Sterbett, Williams

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