Bechtel v. Sheafer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. No. 451 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 214 March Term 1884, C. P. On February 15, 1884, an action in assumpsit, with narr. in the common counts, was brought by Isaac C. Bechtel, for the use of Horatio Jones, trustee of Marion Jones, against Peter W. Sheafer.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. No. 451 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 214 March Term 1884, C. P. On February 15, 1884, an action in assumpsit, with narr. in the common counts, was brought by Isaac C. Bechtel, for the use of Horatio Jones, trustee of Marion Jones, against Peter W. Sheafer. An affidavit of claim filed set forth the following note: Due Pottsville, Pa., May 9, 1888, to Isaac P. Bechtel, sixty-eight hundred and twenty-one .92 dollars in full for an undivided one fourth in the Martin Horn tract. Payable after May, 1883. Signed, P. W.…
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Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark :
On May 9,1883, Peter W. Sheafer executed and delivered his due bill to Isaac P. Bechtel, in which he acknowledged himself to be indebted to Bechtel in the sum of $6,821.92, payable as therein stated; and on February 15, 1884, an action of assumpsit was brought against Sheafer, in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county, in the name of Isaac P. Bechtel to the use of Horatio Jones, trustee, etc., to recover $2,000, the balance remaining unpaid thereon. After the declaration was filed and before the plea was entered, the defendant, admitting the debt, averring…
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