Daniel v. Lance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 61, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from order of O. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Deo. T., 1899, No. 88, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Charles A. Daniel v. Charles D. Lance etal. Assumpsit on a promissory note. Before Wiltbank, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
This action was brought to recover the amount of two promissory notes made by Lance Sons. The only defendant served was Charles D. Lance, and against him alone was the issue tried. The plaintiff testified that the business, out of which the indebtedness arose, was transacted between himself and Charles D. Lance, who had represented that there was a firm doing business under the style of Lance Sons, of which he, Charles D. Lance, was a member; and that the notes in suit had been delivered to him by the said Charles D. Lance. He then offered evidence which, if…
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