Auge v. Darlington
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 266, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Chester Co., Oct. T., 1895; No. 50, refusing to take off nonsuit.. Trespass to recover the value of bonds alleged to have been converted by defendant to his own use. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 266, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Chester Co., Oct. T., 1895; No. 50, refusing to take off nonsuit.. Trespass to recover the value of bonds alleged to have been converted by defendant to his own use. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned among others were (1) in refusing to take off nonsuit; (2-7) in permitting plaintiff to be cross-examined upon the various matters referred to in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Williams,
This appeal is from a judgment entered upon a compulsory nonsuit. The plaintiff was the only witness sworn at the trial, and the validity of this judgment must depend upon the fair legal effect of her testimony. Upon her-direct examination, she testified that in 1891 the Chester County Guarantee Trust. *113Company held in its possession bonds and securities belonging to her, for the safe keeping of which she was paying to it $1.00 on each $1,000 of the par value of the securities. Among those were two bonds for $1,000 each, issued by townships in Kansas in aid of…
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