Republic Bank Note Co. v. Northwestern Pennsylvania Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 64, April T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of G. P. Orawford Co., Feb. T., 1912, No. 119, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Republic Bank Note Company v Northwestern Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Assumpsit for engraved certificates of stock and bonds, sold and delivered. Before Pratpier, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $758.85. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 64, April T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of G. P. Orawford Co., Feb. T., 1912, No. 119, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Republic Bank Note Company v Northwestern Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Assumpsit for engraved certificates of stock and bonds, sold and delivered. Before Pratpier, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $758.85. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephakt, J.,
This is an action for furnishing lithographed certificates of stocks and bonds to the defendant. The agreement between the bondholders committee and Gaston, the purchaser, required this committee to furnish permanent certificates of stocks and bonds, and the testimony of the members of the committee indicate that they so regarded it. Temporary certificates were used in transferring the. new company to the purchaser, but this would not relieve the committee from furnishing certificates of a negotiable character required by the agreement, and the correspondence indicates…
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