Bank of Montgomery County v. Walker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR.. This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county, where a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant. The case was tried before Hallowell, President, who held a Special Court for the trial of causes, in which Dar-lington, President, had been of counsel.
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IN ERROR.. This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county, where a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant. The case was tried before Hallowell, President, who held a Special Court for the trial of causes, in which Dar-lington, President, had been of counsel. It was an action on a promissory note, dated the 1st November, 1817, drawn by the defendant Thomas Walker, in favour of Walker, and George, or order, and by them indorsed to the plaintiffs, for 3000 dollars, at 90 days after date. On the trial, the defendant offered in evidence, the deposition of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Duncan, J.
This was an action against the defendant, drawer *235of a promissory note, made payable to Walker & George, at the Bank of Montgomery county, and by them indorsed to that Bank.
The defence setup was, that the defendant had only lent his name to accommodate Walker & George, without any other consideration than their bond given to him'ori the same day, and for the same sum; that Enoch Walker, one of the indorsers, was a director of the bank; that the note was drawn as a nóte of business, and was presented to the board of directors, in the manner in…
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