Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Globe Indemnity Co.

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Decided October 11, 1934Published

1Opinion of the Court

Finletter, P. J.,

Judgment was entered by the Commonwealth upon a bond given by the defendant to secure the Commonwealth against loss of its deposits with Diamond National Bank. The Commonwealth alleges that numerous cheeks, totaling $25,606.59, were improperly paid by the bank out of the Commonwealth’s deposit account and that the bank has refused to restore the sums so improperly paid, thus imposing a liability upon the defendant to make good the losses.

The matter is before us upon a petition for a rule to show cause why the judgment should not be opened, an answer thereto, and a stipulation…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Los Angeles Investment Co. v. Home Savings Bank of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Jordan Marsh Co. v. National Shawmut BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. Land Title & Trust Co. v. Northwestern National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  4. Gunster v. Scranton Illuminating, Heat & Power Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  5. Snyder v. Corn Exchange National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908

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