Rothermal v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANTS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LUZERNE COUNTY. No. 143 July Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 32 January Term 1887, C. P. On November 2, 1886, Amos Rothermal and Cyrus Kauffman, trading as Rothermal & Kauffman, brought debt against A. H. Dankle, M. C. Ramsey, W. M. Hughes, J. B. Hutchinson, Samuel B. Cressman, H. Halsey, Att’y, C. F. Hill, and William H. Hertz, to recover upon a joint note made by the defendants to the order of Rothermal &…
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANTS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LUZERNE COUNTY. No. 143 July Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 32 January Term 1887, C. P. On November 2, 1886, Amos Rothermal and Cyrus Kauffman, trading as Rothermal & Kauffman, brought debt against A. H. Dankle, M. C. Ramsey, W. M. Hughes, J. B. Hutchinson, Samuel B. Cressman, H. Halsey, Att’y, C. F. Hill, and William H. Hertz, to recover upon a joint note made by the defendants to the order of Rothermal & Kauffman, dated March 31, 1885, for $800, at one year after date. Dankle and Ramsey were not served; the other defendants…
1Per curiam
It was decided in Geier v. Shade, 109 Pa. 180, that a note given in settlement of a criminal prosecution for obtaining money by means of false pretences was founded upon a valid consideration. So far from the settlement of this class of cases being illegal, it is expressly authorized by the ninth section of the act of March 31,1860. Either the magistrate before whom the proceedings are commenced, or the court to which they are returned, may permit it. This principle is so well settled that we are surprised that such a question should be seriousty made in this court.
The note in controversy was…
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