Bos v. People's National Bank
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 145, April T., 1909, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Third Term, 1907, No. .278, on verdict for defendant in case of Stefan Bos v. People’s National Bank of Tarentum. Assumpsit to recover the amount of a bank deposit. Before Swearingen, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 145, April T., 1909, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Third Term, 1907, No. .278, on verdict for defendant in case of Stefan Bos v. People’s National Bank of Tarentum. Assumpsit to recover the amount of a bank deposit. Before Swearingen, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for defendant. When Paul Sodoma was on the stand, the plaintiff made the following offer: Mr. Maxey: Counsel for plaintiff offers to prove by the witness on the stand, Paul Sodoma, that he is a resident of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
At the conclusion of the trial the learned judge below directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant and afterwards entered judgment thereon. Had the testimony introduced by the plaintiff been submitted to the jury and been accepted by them as credible, they would have been warranted in finding the following facts:
The plaintiff is a foreigner, unable to speak or understand the English language, and so illiterate that he cannot read or write even in the tongue wherein he was born. He had been living and working for some years in the vicinity where the…
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