First National Bank v. American Bangor Slate Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 39 and 40, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Northampton Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 88, and April T., 1904, No. 35, on verdicts for plaintiff in cases of The First National Bank of Bangor v. The American Bangor Slate Company. Assumpsit on two promissory notes. Before Stewabt, J., without a jury.
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Appeals, Nos. 39 and 40, Jan. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Northampton Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 88, and April T., 1904, No. 35, on verdicts for plaintiff in cases of The First National Bank of Bangor v. The American Bangor Slate Company. Assumpsit on two promissory notes. Before Stewabt, J., without a jury. The notes in suit were as follows: “2,850.00 August 21st, 1899. Four months after date we promise to pay to Cancelled. the order of A. B. Slate Co. Twenty Eight x I R hundred & fifty- Dollars at First Nat. 50c. 100 Cancelled Bank, Bangor, Pa. I. R. 4c. Value received…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
We have here two appeals which were argued together, from two separate judgments, in two suits in assumpsit, which were tried together in the court below. The First National Bank of Bangor sued The American Bangor Slate Company as indorser, upon two promissory notes; one for $2,850 and the other for $8,663. In defense it was alleged that the notes were indorsed by the treasurer of the defendant company, contrary to its by-laws, ■ and without express authority of its board of directors, and that the defendant was an accommodation indorser. By agreement filed, the…
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