Geoghegan v. Reid
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, in which John H. Reid and William Leckie, co-partners under the firm of Reid and Leckie, brought an action of assumpsit, to December term 1833, against John Geoghegan.
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Writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, in which John H. Reid and William Leckie, co-partners under the firm of Reid and Leckie, brought an action of assumpsit, to December term 1833, against John Geoghegan. The declaration contained three counts. ' The first count was on the acceptance by the defendant, of a bill of exchange, dated Dublin, January 13th, 1826, payable 31 days after date, for thirty-six pounds sterling, drawn on the defendant by Thomas Morrison, payable to his own order, and endorsed by him. The second count was on a promissory note, drawn…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
It is not necessary to decide the question, how far the endorser is bound to warrant the genuineness of the maker’s signature, and therefore not a competent witness to prove it; because we are of opinion, that there is another reason why the witness is directly interested in the event of this suit. That is, that if the plaintiff recover, the witness may, by paying the amount of debt, interest and costs to the plaintiff, demand from him an assignment of the judgment. This right may be considered, under the decisions of this Court, as a…
2Cited by1 opinion
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