Singmaster's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1875, No. 5. Appeal of P. M. Singmaster, assignee of the estate of II. W. Black, from the decree of the court, confirming the report of the auditor to whom was referred the account of said assignee. Black failed in 1873, and assigned his estate to Singmaster for the benefit of creditors.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1875, No. 5. Appeal of P. M. Singmaster, assignee of the estate of II. W. Black, from the decree of the court, confirming the report of the auditor to whom was referred the account of said assignee. Black failed in 1873, and assigned his estate to Singmaster for the benefit of creditors. The assignee’s account was referred to an auditor in 1874. The paper-book of the appellant contained in substance the following statement:— William Buchanan claimed before the auditor as against the creditors under this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
_ _ It may be that the auditor and the court below erred in allowing the claim of William Buchanan, but the case is. so meagerly presented that we cannot safely say so. Buchanan claimed upon the promissory note of John Bailey and Elizabeth Robinson, dated August 26th 1863, for $300, to the order of the said William Buchanan and by him endorsed. It appears that the note was objected to on the ground that it was barred by the Statute of Limitations. The auditor, however, finds the fact that interest was paid on the note “down to April 11th 1870; that it was kept alive by the payment of said…
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