Mechanics Bank v. Earp
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This suit was brought in the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, by the defendant in error, Thomas Earp, against the plaintiffs in error, the Mechanics Bank of the City and County of Philadelphia, and was removed into this court by writ of error. On the trial in the court below, a great mass both of parol and documentary evidence was given, which was set forth in (he bill of exceptions and returned with the record.
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This suit was brought in the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, by the defendant in error, Thomas Earp, against the plaintiffs in error, the Mechanics Bank of the City and County of Philadelphia, and was removed into this court by writ of error. On the trial in the court below, a great mass both of parol and documentary evidence was given, which was set forth in (he bill of exceptions and returned with the record. But as all the facts which are essential to a perfect understanding of the points decided, are stated by the judge who delivered the opinion of the court, any…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
In the month of September, 1825, Earps Sp M‘Main, merchants, of the city of Philadelphia, sold to Motley, Irvine Sp Co. of Perldnsville, Virginia, and to Irvine, Montagu Sp Motley of Lawrenceville, Virginia, goods and merchandise, for which, when they rendered their accounts, the twentieth of June, 1826, there was a balance against the former house of four hundred and ten dollars and ninety-five cents, and against the latter of three hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty-three cents. The accounts not being paid, Earps Sp MMain, with a view…
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