Coates v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county, in an action of assumpsit in which the plaintiff in error, Moses Coates, was plaintiff, and the defendant in error, Robert Roberts, defendant, upon the acceptance of an order in the nature of an inland bill of exchange. The declaration contained four counts.
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Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county, in an action of assumpsit in which the plaintiff in error, Moses Coates, was plaintiff, and the defendant in error, Robert Roberts, defendant, upon the acceptance of an order in the nature of an inland bill of exchange. The declaration contained four counts. The first, which was not relied on, was on the acceptance of an order dated 5th month 6th, 1820, drawn by Isaac Coates, in favour of Moses Coates, for three hundred and fifty-six dollars, and thirty-two cents. The second count was for money had and received. The third was on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston J.
This suit was assumpsit, and the declaration contained four counts, .The first was on an order drawn by Isaac-Coates in favor of Mosbs Coates, and dated 5th month 6th, Í820, for three hundred and fifty-six dollars, and thirty-two cents. The. second was for money had and received. The third on the acceptance of the said order, as an inland bill of exchange; and the fourth was a special count setting forth all the facts. The pleas were non assumpsit and payment, with leave, &c. After the last two counts had been added to the declaration, the…
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