Hassinger v. Solms
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in a suit brought by Solms against Hassinger, on which a bill of exceptions to the charge the Court below was returned with the record, by which . r ,. . f . r . the following appeared to be the circumstances or the case, .Hassinger, the defendant below, being in possession of Henry Orth's note for 993 dollars, and being indebted to Joseph Eberth, indorsed the note to the said…
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In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in a suit brought by Solms against Hassinger, on which a bill of exceptions to the charge the Court below was returned with the record, by which . r ,. . f . r . the following appeared to be the circumstances or the case, .Hassinger, the defendant below, being in possession of Henry Orth's note for 993 dollars, and being indebted to Joseph Eberth, indorsed the note to the said Joseph, who passed it to his brother Conrad Eberth, for a valuable consideration. When the note fell due it was not paid,…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
The Judge of the District Court, in which this cause was tried, left it to the jury to decide, whether the defendant had ratified the act of the plaintiff in guaranteeing the last note, on payment of $215, and obtaining a new indorser; and gave them his opinion, that in case they should think the plaintiff’s proceedings had been ratified, he might recover in this action. We are not now considering a special verdict. No facts are found, and the only question is, whether the Judge erred in law, in his charge to the jury. In order to determine the correctness of the opinion, that…
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