Muirhead v. Kirkpatrick
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. ' This was an action of debt by-William Muirhead v. William Kirkpatrick, on a promissory note, dated 11th March, 1842, for $186.22, payable sixty days after date, by the defendant to the plaintiff. The same case was up several times previous, and reports of it will be found in 5 W. & Ser. 506; 2 Barr 425; and 4 Harris 117, &c. The pleas on this trial were payment and payment with leave.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. ' This was an action of debt by-William Muirhead v. William Kirkpatrick, on a promissory note, dated 11th March, 1842, for $186.22, payable sixty days after date, by the defendant to the plaintiff. The same case was up several times previous, and reports of it will be found in 5 W. & Ser. 506; 2 Barr 425; and 4 Harris 117, &c. The pleas on this trial were payment and payment with leave. On 11th March, 1842, an agent of Muirhead, the plaintiff, came to Lancaster, where the defendant resided, with a note held by William Muirhead against William &…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Woodward, J.
— On the 17th day of June, 1839, William Kirkpatrick and Ephraim Kirkpatrick made their promissory note to Jno. Capron & Co., or order, for $500, at 90 days, which was transferred to Wm. Muirhead, by the endorsement of Capron & Co. #
# On the 11th day of March, 1842, William Muirhead sent his *240•agent, Geo. W. Houseal, to present this note to the Kirkpatricks, and demand payment. The agent found Wm. Kirkpatrick only ■at 'home, and their interview resulted in Houseal’s giving up the ■■$500 note,-and taking two others therefor, one at 30 days,…
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