Erie Boot & Shoe Co. v. Eichenlaub
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR. TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE ERIE COUNTY. No. 45 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 24 September Term 1888, C. P. On May 24, 1888, J. A. Eichenlaub brought assumpsit against the Erie Boot & Shoe Co., filing the following statement of claim: J. Adam Eichenlaub brings this suit to recover from the Erie Boot & Shoe Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, the sum of $10,270.13, the amount due upon a certain promissory…
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ERROR. TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE ERIE COUNTY. No. 45 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 24 September Term 1888, C. P. On May 24, 1888, J. A. Eichenlaub brought assumpsit against the Erie Boot & Shoe Co., filing the following statement of claim: J. Adam Eichenlaub brings this suit to recover from the Erie Boot & Shoe Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, the sum of $10,270.13, the amount due upon a certain promissory note made by the defendant .....as follows: “ $10,000. Erie, Pa., Nov. 5, 1887. Sixty days after date we promise to pay…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Mitchell:
This action was brought upon a promissory note made in the name of the company plaintiff in error by Joseph P. Eiehenlaub, its president, in favor of the estate of Joseph Eichenlaub, deceased, of which he was himself the executor. It was *168therefore a note hr the name of a principal, but made by an agent in his own favor. The affidavit of defence avers that the note was made fraudulently, without the knowledge or authority of the company, and without consideration, and that the plaintiff below had knowledge of these facts before he took the note. The court below,…
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