Goldsmith v. Stocker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 254, Jan. T., 1914, by Katharine B. Stocker, defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Sept. Term, 1910, No. 6, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Samuel Goldsmith and' Solomon Goldsmith, executors of Isaac .Goldsmith, v. J. Henry Stocker and Katharine B. Stocker. Assumpsit on a promissory note.
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Appeal, No. 254, Jan. T., 1914, by Katharine B. Stocker, defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Sept. Term, 1910, No. 6, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Samuel Goldsmith and' Solomon Goldsmith, executors of Isaac .Goldsmith, v. J. Henry Stocker and Katharine B. Stocker. Assumpsit on a promissory note. Before Endlich, P. J. From the record it appeared that some time prior to the date of the note in suit, J. Henry Stocker and J. Jacob Longenderfer, for the purpose of raising $5,000, for an enterprise in which they were about to engage as partners, made two notes each for $2,500, which…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The main contention of appellant is that judgment non obstante veredicto should have been entered upon the whole record. After mature deliberation we have concluded that this position is not tenable. As general propositions of law applicable to cases arising under our statute of frauds and perjuries there is great force in what learned counsel for appellant have stated in their printed argument. But in considering the application of the law, the-facts have a most important bearing and frequently must be given controlling effect. In *184the ease at bar the note in suit…
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