Hartley & Co. v. Corboy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 228, Jan. T., 1892, from judgment of C. P. Bedford Co., April T., 1891, No. 159, on verdict for plaintiff, in assumpsit on promissory note. The evidence, on the trial before Baer, P. J., is stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The note in suit was given to renew a prior note for the same amount between the same parties.
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Appeal, No. 228, Jan. T., 1892, from judgment of C. P. Bedford Co., April T., 1891, No. 159, on verdict for plaintiff, in assumpsit on promissory note. The evidence, on the trial before Baer, P. J., is stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The note in suit was given to renew a prior note for the same amount between the same parties. After the time was changed from four months to ninety days and an additional indorser added, plaintiff wrote the name of the new indorser on the face of the note, but subsequently erased it before maturity. Upon maturity, demand was made upon the note as a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
Before the note in suit was offered in evidence, one of the plaintiffs, William Hartley, was examined as a witness on behalf of the plaintiffs, and testified to the circumstances in which the note was received and discounted. He said when the note was brought to them it “ was drawn for four months, *27■with James Corboy as indorser.” He further said that they concluded they would not accept a note for four months, and they sent it back to Steckman, the maker, with a message that they would not renew the note for four months, but would for three months with an…
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