Hill v. Denniston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 133, Oct. T., 1899, by-defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., No. 2, April T., 1898, No. 1035, on bill in equity, in case of S. W. Hill v. Nannie C. Denniston and W. II. Denniston, administrators of J. F. Denniston, deceased. Bill in equity for an account and a receiver.
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Appeal, No. 133, Oct. T., 1899, by-defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., No. 2, April T., 1898, No. 1035, on bill in equity, in case of S. W. Hill v. Nannie C. Denniston and W. II. Denniston, administrators of J. F. Denniston, deceased. Bill in equity for an account and a receiver. The facts appear by the opinion of the court below, White, P. J., which was as follows: OPINION OF THE COURT. 1. F. P. Bell, doing business as F. P. Bell & Company, executed his promissory note, dated November 16, 1892, at sixty days, for $4,500, which was indorsed for the accommodation of Bell, by S. W.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
In this case the facts are stated concisely in the opinion of the court below, and need not be repeated. It is. sufficient to refer to the agreement of July 15,1893, forming a syndicate of creditors, and pledging various items of property of F. P. Bell as security for his debts. The agreement signed by the creditors named recites that “F. P. Bell is indebted to J. F. Denniston in the sum of $18,450, part of which is a note of $3,000 indorsed by S. W. Hill and J. E. Ridall, also to Nannie Denniston in the sum of $3,200 ; also to the Central Bank of Pitts-burg in…
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