Columbia Finance & Trust Co. v. Purcell
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
On Motion by Defendant Yarnall for New Trial and for Judgment on Reserved Point Notwithstanding the Verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
This suit was brought by the Columbia Finance & Trust Company, a corporation of the state of Kentucky, to the use of Attilla Cox and Oscar Fenley, against R. J. Purcell, Ljzzie K. Goodwin, as the executrix of Howard T. Goodwin, and William D. Yarnall, upon an agreement purporting to be signed by Purcell, Howard Goodwin, and Yarnall in the month of August, 3902. A former trial (142 Fed. 984) resulted in a verdict directed by the court in favor of the plaintiff against the three defendants, but the verdict against Yarnall was set aside, and upon the present…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Good v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Schneider v. SchiffmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
- Irish v. CutterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1850
- Columbia Finance & Trust Co. v. PurcellU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1906