Phillips v. Meily
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 383. Assumpsit, by John Phillips against George F. Meily, upon a promissory note for $3,000, drawn by defendant to the order of plaintiff.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 383. Assumpsit, by John Phillips against George F. Meily, upon a promissory note for $3,000, drawn by defendant to the order of plaintiff. On the trial, before McPherson, J., the plaintiff testified, inter alia, in substance, that in December, 1874, he took to the defendant, Meily, a note which he held against the Union Forge Company, which note had been originally made to his son for a book account, and transferred to the father in part payment of some real estate purchased from him; that Meily purchased this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This was an action of assumpsit upon a promissory note. The note was not only signed, but drawn by the defendant and delivered to the plaintiff. It was in the usual form of a promissory note, whereby the defendant promised to pay to the order of the plaintiff, one year after the date thereof, three thousand dollars, with interest from January 1, 1875. The note was dated April 1, 1874.
The defence was that the note was given for a note of like amount, placed by the plaintiff in the hands of the defendant for collection, and was not to be paid unless the note so handed to the defendant was…
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