Rothrock v. Gallaher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Franhlin county: Of May Term' 1878, No. 214. Trover and conversion by Joseph Rothrock, executor of Robert Gallaher, deceased, for use of Joseph H. Gallaher, against Jane Gallaher, for twenty-three United States bonds, of the value of $80,000, and one promissory note of the value of $150. The questions, as passed upon by this court, are sufficiently illustrated by the following offers of evidence in the court below, and the facts as…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Franhlin county: Of May Term' 1878, No. 214. Trover and conversion by Joseph Rothrock, executor of Robert Gallaher, deceased, for use of Joseph H. Gallaher, against Jane Gallaher, for twenty-three United States bonds, of the value of $80,000, and one promissory note of the value of $150. The questions, as passed upon by this court, are sufficiently illustrated by the following offers of evidence in the court below, and the facts as stated by this court. At the trial before Rowe, P. J., defendant proposed to prove, that in a conversation witness had with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This was an action by the executor of Robert C. Gallaher, to recover for the alleged conversion of certain United States bonds. At one time during the life of the decedent, they were owned by him, and were in his possession. The plaintiff attempted to prove that the defendant had purloined them either a short time before Gallaher’s death or soon thereafter. The defendant alleged they had been taken by some of the plaintiff’s witnesses. In a previous suit by the plaintiff against the defendant for the same subject-matter’, and after witnesses had testified, the plaintiff took a non-suit. Many…
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