Christy v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county. The suit was brought by Levi Reynolds, assignee of David Reynolds, who was assignee of M. M. Monahan, against the plaintiff in error and defendant below, Daniel Christy, executor of Samuel Custer, to recover the amount of a single bill, dated the 1st of June, 1822, made by Samuel Custer, the intestate, in his lifetime, for the payment of fifty-sis dollars and eighty-seven cents, interest from the 1st of June,…
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IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county. The suit was brought by Levi Reynolds, assignee of David Reynolds, who was assignee of M. M. Monahan, against the plaintiff in error and defendant below, Daniel Christy, executor of Samuel Custer, to recover the amount of a single bill, dated the 1st of June, 1822, made by Samuel Custer, the intestate, in his lifetime, for the payment of fifty-sis dollars and eighty-seven cents, interest from the 1st of June, 1836s©, to M. M. Monahan, and assigned by him to David Reynolds, and by him to the plaintiff. The defendant proved, that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
The defendant, who was plaintiff' below, gave in evidence a single bill for fifty-six dollars and eighty-seven cents, given by Samuel Custer, in his lifetime, to M. M. Monahan, dated the 1st of June, 1822, with interest from the 1st of June, 1820, and assigned until it camelo the plaintiff.
The defendant proved, that the single bill was given in part consideration of a tract of land, sold by David Reynolds to Samuel Custer, and then gave in evidence, a deed dated the 28th of June, 1820, David Reynolds to Samuel Custer, with a clause of general…
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