Pessano v. Eyre

Citations

• 13 Pa. Super. 157
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 127

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Parol contract — Province of court and jury.</p> <p>Where a contract consists of spoken words, and the parties differed as to the meaning of the words used, it is for the jury and not for the court to determine the sense of the words used, and what the parties meant to express by them.</p> <p>Attorney at law — Liability for witness fees.</p> <p>An attorney at law may make himself personally liable by a special promise for the compensation of an expert witness called to testify for his client, especially if there be evidence in the case to warrant the jury in believing that the attorney had a personal financial interest in the result.</p>