Braine v. Spalding
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county. „ This was an action of assumpsit by A. P. Spalding, endorsee of William Braine, against William Braine, on a note dated May 9th 1860, from T. S. Griswold and Erastus N. Griswold, to Braine “ or bearer,” payable in two years, for $60, with interest. About the time the note became due, the agent of Spalding, the endorsee, put it into the hands of Delos Rockwell, Esq., a lawyer, for collection.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county. „ This was an action of assumpsit by A. P. Spalding, endorsee of William Braine, against William Braine, on a note dated May 9th 1860, from T. S. Griswold and Erastus N. Griswold, to Braine “ or bearer,” payable in two years, for $60, with interest. About the time the note became due, the agent of Spalding, the endorsee, put it into the hands of Delos Rockwell, Esq., a lawyer, for collection. Braine, on the 9th of May 1862, sought an interview with Rockwell about the note, and suggested to him to proceed immediately to its collection…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 15th 1866, by
Woodward, C. J.
The suit was by the endorsee against the endorser of a promissory note made by T. S. Griswold and Erastus N. Griswold, on the 9th of May 1860, to the order of William Braine, at two years, and endorsed by Braine.
The only bill signed at the trial, and the only error alleged in this court, was to the admission of Delos Rockwell as a witness on the pai't of the plaintiff in error. From the examination of the •witness on his voir dire, it appeared that .he was an attorney at law; that early in May 1862 this note was placed in…
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