Greenwaldt v. Kraus
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 199, July T., 1891, by defendants, Constantine Kraus and Max M. Betz, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1884, No. 311, on verdict for plaintiff, Hetty Greenwaldt, executrix of Lewis Greenwaldt, deceased. Debt on an insolvent’s bond given by Kraus, with Betz as surety.
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Appeal, No. 199, July T., 1891, by defendants, Constantine Kraus and Max M. Betz, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1884, No. 311, on verdict for plaintiff, Hetty Greenwaldt, executrix of Lewis Greenwaldt, deceased. Debt on an insolvent’s bond given by Kraus, with Betz as surety. Lewis Greenwaldt secured a judgment for $4,000 against Kraus in 1886. Defendant presented a petition in August of that year for the benefit of the insolvent laws, with a bond in the sum of $8,000 in which Betz was surety. The petition was set down for hearing for October 16, and upon that day,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Passon,
The suit was brought in the court below upon an insolvent bond. The jury rendered the following verdict: “Verdict for plaintiff for $5,315.12, and the jury find the following facts: That defendant, Kraus, after the adjournment of the court on October 16, 1886, did, on the same day, thereupon voluntarily surrender himself to the county jail of said county, with the point of law reserved by the court, whether the defendant is-liable upon the bond in suit.” The judgment entered was as follows : “ July 17, 1891, judgment for plaintiff on verdict. Rule for new…
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