Simon & Sons v. Emery
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 80, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1915, No. 321, on conditional verdict for plaintiffs in case of Abraham Simon and Nathan Simon, Copartners, trading as A. Simon & Sons, v. John W. Emery and Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, a corporation. Replevin to recover fourteen diamond rings and' two pairs of diamond earrings. Before Martin, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 80, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1915, No. 321, on conditional verdict for plaintiffs in case of Abraham Simon and Nathan Simon, Copartners, trading as A. Simon & Sons, v. John W. Emery and Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, a corporation. Replevin to recover fourteen diamond rings and' two pairs of diamond earrings. Before Martin, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiffs conditioned upon their paying to the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company f 1,-911.25 and judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action of replevin to recover fourteen diamond rings and two pairs of diamond earrings. In 1914 defendant, John W. Emery, was á contractor doing a large business and reputed to be a man of wealth, but being in need of funds to use in his business was advised by the cashier of a bank, not the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company, to buy diamonds on long credit and pledge them for a loan. For that purpose he obtained an introduction and recommendation to plaintiffs, who were engaged in the jewelry business; and on *572June 2, 1914, obtained from them on…
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