Bank of York v. Webster
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 157, Jan. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. York Co., Oct. T., 1912, No. 35, on verdict for plaintiff in case of First National Bank of York v. Guy Webster. Assumpsit on promissory note. Before Ross, J. It appeared by tbe record that on April 25, 1912, the plaintiff discounted a note of J. S. Black for $5,000, payable one hundred and twenty days after date, to the order of O. O. Ettline and endorsed by Ettline and by Guy Webster the defendant.
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Appeal, No. 157, Jan. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. York Co., Oct. T., 1912, No. 35, on verdict for plaintiff in case of First National Bank of York v. Guy Webster. Assumpsit on promissory note. Before Ross, J. It appeared by tbe record that on April 25, 1912, the plaintiff discounted a note of J. S. Black for $5,000, payable one hundred and twenty days after date, to the order of O. O. Ettline and endorsed by Ettline and by Guy Webster the defendant. The note was not paid at maturity and protest was waived by the endorser. On September 19, 1912, the bank brought suit against…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
On April 25, 1912, the plaintiff bank discounted a note payable August 23, 1912, for f5,000, first endorsed by the payee and then by the defendant. The note was not paid at maturity, and on September 19, 1912, the *132bank brought the present suit; a recovery was had and the defendant has appealed.
The defense was that the second endorser had been discharged by an extension of time given without his consent to the prior endorser. At trial the defendant made two offers of proof, both of which were refused; the refusal of these offers is now assigned for error. The…
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