Girard Trust Co. v. Boyd
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1908, No. 6,302, for plaintiff non obstante veredicto in case of Girard Trust Company v. I. Newton Boyd and Carl Zeller, copartners trading as Boyd & Zeller. Assumpsit to recover the amount of a check. Before Martin, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for defendants.
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Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., June T., 1908, No. 6,302, for plaintiff non obstante veredicto in case of Girard Trust Company v. I. Newton Boyd and Carl Zeller, copartners trading as Boyd & Zeller. Assumpsit to recover the amount of a check. Before Martin, P. J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for defendants. On a rule for judgment n. o. v. Martin, P. J., filed an opinion in which the facts were stated to be as follows: The defendant firm kept a deposit account with the Girard Trust Company, the plaintiff. On January 15, 1908,…
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Morrison, J.,
This action was assumpsit to recover the amount of a check dated January 9, 1908, purporting to have been drawn for the sum of $310. The case was submitted to a jury and they returned a verdict in favor of the appellants. At the trial the appellee’s counsel presented a point *291asking the trial judge to give a binding instruction in favor of the plaintiff, which point was refused. After verdict, same counsel moved the court for a new trial and for judgment non obstante veredicto in favor of the plaintiff. Upon this motion rules were granted and upon argument and…
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