First National Bank v. Fidelity Title & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1912, No. 769, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of First National Bank of Birmingham, a Corporation Under the Laws of the United States, v. Fidelity Title & Trust Company, Administrator of Samuel B. Walton, Deceased. Assumpsit on two promissory notes. Before Cohen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $27,613.02 and judgment thereon.
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Appeal, No. 106, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1912, No. 769, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of First National Bank of Birmingham, a Corporation Under the Laws of the United States, v. Fidelity Title & Trust Company, Administrator of Samuel B. Walton, Deceased. Assumpsit on two promissory notes. Before Cohen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $27,613.02 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were instructions to the jury and the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is a voluminous record, made so by the irrelevant matters which were injected into the case on the trial in the court below. The questions presented for consideration by the jury and by the learned trial court ■ were few, and a brief statement of the material facts will disclose that there is but one question for our consideration and it was properly answered by the jury as well as by the learned judge in his opinion refusing a new trial.
Samuel B. Walton, the defendant’s intestate, like his father, had been for many years a stockholder and depositor in the…
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