Legal Opinion

Schoenfeld v. Fuhrman

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 15, 1914No. Appeal, No. 90Published

Appeal, No. 90, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1913, No. 4,671, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Morris Schoenfeld v. Morris Fuhrman. Assumpsit to recover the amount of a check. Before Heydt, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $237.37. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing judgment for defendant n. o. v.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

In this action of assumpsit the plaintiff declared on a bank check for $300, dated April 12, 1912, drawn upon the People’s Trust Company by the defendant to the order of cash, which, it is alleged, was brought to the plaintiff by one Chaplin, and, at his request, was indorsed by the plaintiff, and, upon the faith of his indorsement, was cashed for Chaplin by the Northwestern Trust Company, the plaintiff’s bank. It is further alleged that, payment of the check having been refused at the instance of the defendant by the bank upon which it was drawn, the plaintiff was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Second National Bank v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  2. Union Trust Co. v. EvansSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913

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